POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Judicial Independence, Supreme Court Act, Canadian Judicial Council
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Agencies usually government themselves are the parties in the case. Civil law (private law): regulates relationships between two private parties such as individuals or corporations. If private agreement cannot be reached, one may take the other to court. Criminal law: federal responsibility, uniform throughout country, consolidated in the criminal code. Most be proven beyond a reasonable doubt . Public law: public interest, includes constitutional law, administrative law, and taxation law. Constitutional law: involved questions about federal or provincial jurisdiction- Administrative law: concerns the operation of government departments and. Third: establish a court of appeal to correct simple errors and to promote uniformity in the application of the law within each province (provincial courts of appeal) Fourth: establish a general court of appeal to promote uniformity in the application of the law within the country as a whole and to provide judicial leadership (supreme court of canada)