POLS 1400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Reference Question, Judicial Independence, Provincial And Territorial Courts In Canada
14 Jan 2018
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The supreme court decided that jurors can be challenged for racial bias when an accused person is a member of a group subject to widespread prejudice. Told lower court judges to find an alternative to putting offenders in prison. Denied quebec the right to unilateral decisions. Canadian political science was typically interested in the judiciary or court system primarily in terms of of its interpretation of the federal-provincial divisions of powers. Adjudication: can be defined as interpretation law in cases of dispute, of settling disputes by applying the law to them, or making a judgement based on law. Judges engage in authoritative resolution of legal disputes. It is when satisfaction can"t be reached on either side that when the adjudication process is pursued. The function of the judiciary is to render formal, impartial, authoritative judgements in legal disputes that cannot be settled. The judge has the coercive powers of the state.
