SOC209H5 Study Guide - Superior Court, Drug Court, Procedural Law

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22 Nov 2012
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Law and the structure of the canadian courts. Structure of the canadian court - first slide - the way the court system is organized. (the supreme court of canada. ) Nine judges chosen to represent the countrys regions. It has 8 justices and a cheif justice that make up 9. And 3 judges of the court must be coming from quebec. Not fact: that hte judge thought i was wearing a red hat, but it was blue. They see about 100 cases a year - they try to limit the cases though. Issues of national importance - some prostituion laws can make their way up there. Each provinces/territory has two of these thign: one that hears trials and one that hears appeals. Each prvince nad territory has two levels of superioer court, one to heart trisla dn the other to hear appeals.