Canadian Courts

Author : Emmett Macfarlane
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781487523152

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Policy Change, Courts, and the Canadian Constitution by Emmett Macfarlane Pdf

Policy Change, Courts, and the Canadian Constitution aims to further our understanding of judicial policy impact and the role of the courts in shaping policy change. Bringing together a group of political scientists and legal scholars, this volume delves into a diverse set of policy areas, including health care issues, the regulation of elections, criminal justice policy, minority language education, citizenship, refugee policy, human rights legislation, and Indigenous policy. While much of the public law and judicial politics literatures focus on the impact of the constitution and the judicial role, scholarship on courts that makes policy change its central lens of analysis is surprisingly rare. Multidisciplinary in its approach to examining policy issues, this book focuses on specific cases or policy issues through a wide-ranging set of approaches, including the use of interview data, policy analysis, historical and interpretive analysis, and jurisprudential analysis.

Author : Lori Hausegger,Troy Quinn Riddell,Matthew Aaron Hennigar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Courts
ISBN : 0199002495

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Canadian Courts by Lori Hausegger,Troy Quinn Riddell,Matthew Aaron Hennigar Pdf

This comprehensive introduction to the contemporary Canadian judicial process and its relationship to law and politics engages students in key concepts, theories, and debates. Fully updated to reflect recent changes in Canadian law and politics, Canadian Courts is the most current resourceavailable on the subject.

Author : McCormick, Peter
Publisher : Lorimer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1550284355

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Canada's Courts by McCormick, Peter Pdf

A unique discussion of the judicial system in Canada, this is the first book on the court system to be written from a social science, rather than a legal, perspective. McCormick analyzes which courts and judges are most often cited, and discusses party-capability theory in a Canadian context. He offers new data on the courts, including statistics on the Supreme Court caseload, the success rates on appeals from provincial courts of appeal to the Supreme Court, and success rates, by litigant category, in provincial and appeal court decisions. Written in accessible language and offering data that have never before been published, Canada's Courts will be of particular interest to legal professionals and those in related fields of the social sciences.

Author : William R. Lederman,Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice
Publisher : Osgoode Hall law School, York University
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043706550

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The Canadian Judiciary by William R. Lederman,Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Court rules
ISBN : 1663319006

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Federal Rules of Court by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter H. Russell
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780802093233

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Canada's Trial Courts by Peter H. Russell Pdf

One of the most important but least examined aspects of the Canadian judicial system is the dual structure of civil and criminal trial courts. Canada's Trial Courts examines the co-existence, in every province, of superior courts (presided over by federally appointed judges) and 'lower' courts (staffed by provincially appointed judges). Combining both political and legal analysis, this is the first book to provide an in depth study of the evolution and operation of Canada's trial courts. This collection of essays begins with an exploration of the constitutional origins of Canada's integrated court system and the failure of federal and provincial governments to cooperate in its development. Following are discussions of a number of contemporary reform projects in various jurisdictions, including Quebec, Nova Scotia, Alberta, and Nunavut, as well as examinations of competing visions of how Canada's trial courts should be organized in the future. To put the issue in a comparative perspective, the concluding section provides examples of how trial courts have been restructured in the United Kingdom and the state of California. Proposing a range of practical alternatives to the present system, the volume offers a ground-breaking legal analysis that addresses constitutional obstacles to trial court reform, and assesses the political factors that influence reform at the judicial level. Featuring distinguished contributors from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, Canada's Trial Courts offers a comprehensive and up-to-date examination of an important but neglected issue that ultimately has a profound impact on the quality of justice that Canadians experience.

Author : Ian Greene
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774841191

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The Courts by Ian Greene Pdf

Ian Greene offers an insider's perspective on the role of judges, lawyers, and expert witnesses; the cost of litigation; the representativeness of juries; legal aid issues; and questions of jury reform. He also examines judicial activism in the wider context of public participation in courts administration and judicial selection and of how responsive the courts are to the expectations of Canadian citizens. The Courts moves its examination of the judicial system beyond the well-trodden topics of judicial appointment, discipline, independence, and review to consider the ways in which courts affect daily life in terms of democratic principles. Although courts are often viewed as elitist and unaccountable, they are more valuable aspect of democratic practice than most citizens realize.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Canada
ISBN : UCAL:B4408248

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The Canadian Law Times by Anonim Pdf

From 1900 to 1908 includes the "Annual digest of Canadian cases ... decided in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in the Supreme and Exchequer Courts of Canada, and in the courts of the provinces ... Edited by Edward B. Brown."

Author : Martine Valois,Ian Greene,Craig Forcese,Peter McCormick
Publisher : Irwin Law
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1552215474

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The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court by Martine Valois,Ian Greene,Craig Forcese,Peter McCormick Pdf

The Federal Court of Appeal and Federal Court are unique among Canada's courts because they are itinerant -- they hear cases in all parts of Canada -- as well as being bilingual and bijural. This book was prepared for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Federal Courts in 2021. Seventy-eight current and retired judges and prothonotaries on the two courts were interviewed and are referred to throughout the book. The authors present a brief history of these courts and their predecessor -- the Exchequer Court of Canada -- and an overview of the courts' jurisdiction, decision-making trends, and unique attributes. There are chapters on each of the courts' specialties -- administrative law, immigration and refugee law, intellectual property, security and intelligence, Indigenous issues, the environment, admiralty, labour and human rights, and tax. Chief Justice Noël and Chief Justice Crampton each contribute a chapter. The preface is by Justice Frank Iacobucci and the epilogue by Justice Robert Décary.

Author : W.R. Lederman
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1964-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780773595040

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The Courts and the Canadian Constitution by W.R. Lederman Pdf

Author : Carissima Mathen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509922512

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Courts Without Cases by Carissima Mathen Pdf

Since 1875, Canadian courts have been permitted to act as advisors alongside their ordinary, adjudicative role. This book offers the first detailed examination of that role from a legal perspective. When one thinks of courts, it is most often in the context of deciding cases: live disputes involving spirited, adversarial debate between opposing parties. Sometimes, though, a court is granted the power to answer questions in the absence of such disputes through advisory opinions (also called references). These proceedings raise many questions: about the judicial role, about the relationship between courts and those who seek their 'advice', and about the nature of law. Tracking their use in Canada since the country's Confederation and looking to the experience of other legal systems, the book considers how advisory opinions draw courts into the complex relationship between law and politics. With attention to key themes such as the separation of powers, federalism, rights and precedent, this book provides an important and timely study of a fascinating phenomenon.

Author : Teresa Iacobelli
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774825696

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Death Or Deliverance by Teresa Iacobelli Pdf

Soldiers found guilty of desertion or cowardice during the Great War faced death by firing squad. Novels, histories, movies, and television series often depict courts martial as brutal and inflexible, and social memories of this system of frontline justice have inspired modern movements to seek pardons for soldiers executed on the battlefield. In this powerful and moving book, Teresa Iacobelli looks beyond stories of callous generals and quick executions to consider the trials of nearly two hundred soldiers who were sentenced to death but spared by a disciplinary system capable of thoughtful review and compassion. By bringing to light these men's experiences, Death or Deliverance reconsiders an important chapter in the history of both a war and a nation.

Author : Peter McCormick
Publisher : Lorimer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1550286935

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Supreme at Last by Peter McCormick Pdf

The Supreme Court of Canada is always in the news. Whether the issue is Aboriginal fishing rights or the rights of same-sex couples, the Court often makes groundbreaking decisions on controversial topics. This book, a history of the Canadian Supreme Court, explains how the court slowly emerged as the powerful and influential institution it is today. Using 1949 as the year of birth for the modern Supreme Court, Peter McCormick traces the court's development from an institution of relatively minor importance to one that is central to Canadian society. McCormick discusses key cases and looks at the lasting influence of each Chief Justice. Supreme at Last is a unique portrait of a political institution whose power is on the rise.

Author : Barrington Walker
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780802096104

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Race on Trial by Barrington Walker Pdf

While slavery in Canada was abolished in 1834, discrimination remained. Race on Trial contrasts formal legal equality with pervasive patterns of social, legal, and attitudinal inequality in Ontario by documenting the history of black Ontarians who appeared before the criminal courts from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. Using capital case files and the assize records for Kent and Essex counties, areas that had significant black populations because they were termini for the Underground Railroad, Barrington Walker investigates the limits of freedom for Ontario's African Canadians. Through court transcripts, depositions, jail records, Judge's Bench Books, newspapers, and government correspondence, Walker identifies trends in charges and convictions in the Black population. This exploration of the complex and often contradictory web of racial attitudes and the values of white legal elites not only exposes how blackness was articulated in Canadian law but also offers a rare glimpse of black life as experienced in Canada's past.

Author : Ian Greene
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Law
ISBN : 1550285645

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Final Appeal by Ian Greene Pdf

Appeal courts--including the Supreme Court of Canada--rule on the most contentious issues facing Canadian society: abortion, Aboriginal land claims, gay rights. The authors of this book have conducted extensive research into the nature and function of appeal courts and here present their findings. This book outlines how appeal court judges make their decisions and how they defend them; the role played by judicial discretion; regional differences in appeal court operations; and the increasingly controversial role courts play in policymaking. Final Appeal is a detailed analysis of the nature and operation of Canada's courts of appeal.