Court system of Canada

Taken that all countries are ran in different ways, our juvenile justice system is the biggest. We have the strongest alliance to Canada, which you might think that our justice system would be similar, but they 're not. I will discuss the juvenile justice system in place in Canada and identify the differences and similarities we as the United States has compared to them. Historical Makeup: Dating back to 1908, Canada passed the first juvenile justice law currently known as the Juvenile…

sodomy, the first step to legalizing same-sex activities. During the 1970s, the Canadian government failed with the litigation of same-sex marriage, and the Supreme Court of Canada began to claim the idea of them being policymakers, but most importantly, in 1977, Quebec was the first province to make it illegal to discriminate against an individual’s sexual orientation. The Canadian Charter of Right and Freedom began to create equality norms in 1982. Although many events had taken place…

including Hammurabi, Mosaic, and Roman. Britain has had the most influence on Canadian law. Although there have been many influences on Canada 's legal system, Britain has had the most impact for reasons such as Trial by Combat and Ordeal, Common Law, Rule of Law and the British North American Act of 1867. The impact that the Hammurabi laws have had on Canada 's legal system today is that the laws are known, along with the hierarchy of laws. Hammurabi was a famous king who ruled Babylonia around…

“The federal government is the balance of the federal system means using counterweights” Pierre Trudeau. For this essay I agree that the federal political system effectively governs all Canadians. The Magna carta was a charter made by the King John for a solution towards his political crisis. The Charter made the King equal to his people and let commoners from outside form a government which became a federal political system. It was held accountable for voicing citizens. The three points that I…

made a huge impact on the legal and political landscape of Canada. Some believe that the Charter has undermined democracy and put too much power into the hands of the courts that are not elected by the people. Some also contest that the Canadian courts are becoming lawmakers and are becoming activists. However, these claims have little truth when looking at what the Supreme Court has accomplished since the enactment of the Charter. The courts use and distribute their power conservatively because…

first female prime minister of Canada once said, “Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance.” Canada is indeed a great representative of those qualities. However, how do these qualities apply to Canada as a country? Our political system is the foundation of Canada. It makes Canadians who they are and what they believe. It portrays equality, justice and tolerance through representative democracy, lobbying and the protection of rights and freedoms. Canada is governed by a…

Prime Minster of Canada and the President of the United States Many people think that President of the United States has more power than Prime Minster of Canada. However, when we look at the constitution of both countries, we can see that Prime Minister of Canada has more power in his or her country than President of United States does. When we want to compare and differentiate the power of both Prime Minster of Canada and President of United States, we need to look at their system of…

usual day through the court process. I wanted to observe the courtroom happenings on a day to day basis. I sought out our commitment to justice within Canada. According to the justice model, “…the essence of punishment should be to punish offenders with fairness and justice and in proportion to the gravity of their criminal offences” (p.296). Throughout our criminal justice system there are many methods, models and structures that keep track of our commitment to justice in Canada. In the course…

numbers of indigenous people in prison throughout the provinces due to systemic racism within the legal system, crimes committed due to socioeconomic challenges and cultural or language barriers (Fitzgerald & Carrington, 2008, pp. 524-525). Moreover, alternative courses of action should be addressed in order to decrease the overrepresentation of indigenous people in the criminal justice system. For example,…

The role of the judiciary is to administer justice to all citizens and it comprises of courts that take decisions on a very large number of cases. Judicial independence is the keystone of Canadian judiciary. That is the reason, the judiciary is an independent from other branches of government, the executive and legislative. The main role of a judge is to interpret laws. Judicial independence means that, the other organs of the government must not restrain the functioning and should not interfere…