45-214 Lecture Notes - Fall 2018 Lecture 4 - Downtown Eastside, Mootness, Fetus
20 Sep 2018
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Primarily a court of appeal, but with original jurisdiction over references by the federal government. Decisions are binding on all courts in the country: unifying influence on the law. Consituttionally unlimited: criminal or civil, public or private, federal or provincial. Since 1974, the supreme court of canada has almost complete control over which cases it will hear. Civil cases make up a large number. A number of cases deal with the charter of rights and freedoms that are heard by the supreme court. Once a litigation is filed, the supreme court has to decide if they want to hear the case. More appeals are allowed than are dismissed. The supreme court does not hear every single case that is filed. The first source of cases is the application for leave: litigants will file the case. The supreme court will then decide to hear to case or dismiss it.
