Political Science 3331F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Liberal Democracy, Judicial Activism, Canadian Civil Liberties Association
28 Mar 2017
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Lecture 10 interest groups and the courts. Traditional law: general idea in our adversarial legal tradition that a case should be resolved through the presentation of competing arguments to the adjudicator by the parties directly involved in a discrete legal dispute. Two sides to a case crown and defence, judge adjudicates on their legal arguments: in this view, intervention by an outside party or group is a departure from the norm. The rules have historically been imprecise, allowing any party interested in an appeal to seek leave to intervene. The court imposes terms and conditions as it deems appropriate in the circumstances. The court briefly expanded the rules permitting interveners in the mid-1980s, but by the end of the 1980s a new practice was established. The motion is generally heard by a single judge of the court. Women"s legal education and action fund (leaf) Primary objective is to promote a policy change or prevent an unfavourable change from taking place.
