POLS 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Macmillan Bloedel, Subject-Matter Jurisdiction, Supplemental Jurisdiction

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2140
• Professor: Emmanuelle Richez

Document Summary

Subject matter jurisdiction: constitutionally unlimited, criminal or civil, public or private, federal or provincial, areas of controversy, creation and review of administrative tribunals, criminal trials, family law. Only if they meet one of these criteria ^ (one of the three) In this case, where ontario lost, they did not meet these criteria: mcevoy v. attorney general for new brunswick et al. (1983, with regard to s96 courts. To summarize, s. 96 trials courts usually possess the following 5 exclusive jurisdictions: Civil cases involving large sums of money, where they are the main courts (except in certain cases involving the claims against the government) The most serious criminal trials, usually involving a jury (murder cases being the most common) Review of provincial administrative tribunals (except in quebec) Cases related to divorce, and all family law in selected unified family courts. And appeals from s. 92 provincial courts regarding summary offences, civil cases and family law.