LAWS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Military Justice, Provincial Superior, Trial Division
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Law and society chapter 3 week 5, oct 7th (the organization of law) Disputes between individuals, company vs. individual, etc. Important to examine what kinds of disputes are processed in courts to understand what courts do. 3 important categories = the bulk of the work: private disputes. The absence of any initial participation by public authorities. Occurs when the gov. seeks to enforce norms of conduct or to punish individuals who breach those norms. Governed by the law of the entire community: public defendant disputes: When the government participates as a defendant. Challenges to the authority of gov. agencies or questions about certain gov. actions. Canada is a federal state, so legislative powers are divided between two levels of government: federal and provincial. Composed of a range of courts that have varying jurisdictions. Some prov. courts are devoted entirely to drug cases or domestic abuse cases, and others: provincial/territorial superior courts: Every province or territory has a superior court.
