SOC209H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Summary Offence, Adversarial System, Provincial And Territorial Courts In Canada
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Chapter 6 (week 9: four levels courts: provincial/territorial courts, provincial superior courts, provincial appellate. The criminal courts courts, and the supreme court of canada: courts are responsible for: i. ii. iii. Imposing an appropriate sentence on those who are convicted. Ensuring that the rights of the accused persons are protected. Judicial independence: citizens have the right to have their cases tried by tribunals that are fair, impartial, and immune from political interference. In every province and territory, it has two levels: provincial and superior: nunavut is the only exception: the nunavut court of justice is a unified or single-level court (one type of superior court) Provincial courts: lowest levels of courts; nearly all criminal cases are begun and disposed of in them. Judges appointed by the provinces, which fund these courts and have jurisdiction over them. Provincial judges now hear increasingly serious offences and are confronted with specialized populations.
