Papers originally presented at a Conference on the future of the trial courts held May 2002 in Saskatoon, Sask.
Nota di contenuto
Introduction: How we got here / Peter H. Russell -- pt. 1. Emergence of the issue. The Provincial Court and the criminal law / Martin L. Friedland ; Trial Court reorganization in Canada : alternative futures / Carl Baar ; Superior Courts in the twenty-first century : a historical anachronism? / Cheryl Marie Webster and Anthony N. Doob ; Constitutional limitations upon the allocation of trial jurisdiction to the Superior and Provincial Court in criminal matters / Patrick Healy -- pt. 2. Contemporary projects of trial court reform. Reform of the trial courts in Quebec / Huguette St. Louis ; Trial court restructuring : a court administrator's perspective / Marian Tyson ; Trial court unification in Nunavut / Nora Sanders ; Reforming Alberta's trial courts / David Hancock -- pt. 3. Competing visions. The House of Justice : a single trial court / Gerald T.G. Seniuk and John Borrows ; Report of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice -- pt. 4. Comparative perspectives. Organizational change in California's court system : unification of trial courts / J. Clark Kelso ; Trial court integration in England -- Conclusion: The road ahead / Peter H. Russell.
Sommario/riassunto
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.