Canada's Trial Courts: Two Tiers or One?

Peter H. Russell

Published by University of Toronto Press 2007

Canada's Trial Courts

Two Tiers or One?

Peter H. Russell

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442684119

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About this book

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.

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Russell Peter H. :

Peter H. Russell is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He has written extensively on issues related to the Canadian Constitution and Canadian politics in general.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction: How We Got Here Peter H. Russell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One: Emergence of the Issue
1. The Provincial Court and the Criminal Law Martin L. Friedland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
2. Trial Court Reorganization in Canada: Alternative Futures Carl Baar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
3. Superior Courts in the Twenty-first Century: A Historical Anachronism? Cheryl Marie Webster and Anthony N. Doob Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4. Constitutional Limitations upon the Allocation of Trial Jurisdiction to the Superior and Provincial Court in Criminal Matters Patrick Healy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Part Two: Contemporary Projects of Trial Court Reform
5. Reform of the Trial Courts in Quebec Huguette St. Louis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
6. Trial Court Restructuring: A Court Administrator’s Perspective Marian Tyson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
7. Trial Court Unification in Nunavut Nora Sanders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
8. Reforming Alberta’s Trial Courts David Hancock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
Part Three: Competing Visions
9. The House of Justice: A Single Trial Court Gerald T.G. Seniuk and John Borrows Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
10. Report of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Part Four: Comparative Perspectives
11. Organizational Change in California’s Court System: Unification of Trial Courts J. Clark Kelso Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
12. Trial Court Integration in England Ian Scott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
Conclusion: The Road Ahead Peter H. Russell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 288

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Published: December 31, 2007
ISBN: 9781442684119