LEADER 05085nam 2200685 450 001 9910456378003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8411-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442684119 035 $a(CKB)2430000000002103 035 $a(EBL)3261275 035 $a(OCoLC)923083019 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000381792 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12119825 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000381792 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10383032 035 $a(PQKB)10432276 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672305 035 $a(DE-B1597)464058 035 $a(OCoLC)944177216 035 $a(OCoLC)999354812 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442684119 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3261275 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672305 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257978 035 $a(OCoLC)311308332 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000002103 100 $a20160923h20072007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCanada's trial courts $etwo tiers or one? /$fedited by Peter H. Russell 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-9323-X 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: How We Got Here / $rRussell, Peter H. -- $tPart One: Emergence of the Issue -- $t1. The Provincial Court and the Criminal Law / $rFriedland, Martin L. -- $t2. Trial Court Reorganization in Canada: Alternative Futures / $rBaar, Carl -- $t3. Superior Courts in the Twenty-first Century: A Historical Anachronism? / $rWebster, Cheryl Marie / Doob, Anthony N. -- $t4. Constitutional Limitations upon the Allocation of Trial Jurisdiction to the Superior and Provincial Court in Criminal Matters / $rHealy, Patrick -- $tPart Two: Contemporary Projects of Trial Court Reform -- $t5. Reform of the Trial Courts in Quebec / $rLouis, Huguette St. -- $t6. Trial Court Restructuring: A Court Administrator's Perspective / $rTyson, Marian -- $t7. Trial Court Unification in Nunavut / $rSanders, Nora -- $t8. Reforming Alberta's Trial Courts / $rHancock, David -- $tPart Three: Competing Visions -- $t9. The House of Justice: A Single Trial Court / $rSeniuk, Gerald T.G. / Borrows, John -- $t10. Report of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice -- $tPart Four: Comparative Perspectives -- $t11. Organizational Change in California's Court System: Unification of Trial Courts / $rKelso, J. Clark -- $t12. Trial Court Integration in England / $rScott, Ian -- $tConclusion: The Road Ahead / $rRussell, Peter H. -- $tContributors 330 $aOne of the most important but least examined aspects of Canadian court systems 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 political and legal analysis, it is the first book to show in both quantitative and qualitative terms how Canada?s trial courts have evolved into an illogical dual system.This collection begins with an exploration of the constitutional origins of Canada?s integrated court system and the failure of federal and provincial governments to co-operate in its development. Also discussed are the efforts made to restructure the system in Quebec, Nova Scotia, Alberta, and Nunavut, as well as 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 accounts of how trial courts have been reformed in the UK and the State of California. Proposing a range of practical alternatives to the present system, Canada?s Trial Courts offers a ground-breaking legal analysis that removes constitutional obstacles to trial court reform, and provides an account of the political factors that influence reform at the judicial level.Featuring prominent contributors from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date account available of the level of courts ? the courts of first instance ? where Canadians experience the administration of justice first hand. 606 $aCourts of first instance$zCanada$xProvinces 606 $aJurisdiction$zCanada$xProvinces 606 $aDistrict courts$zCanada$xProvinces 606 $aCounty courts$zCanada$xProvinces 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCourts of first instance$xProvinces. 615 0$aJurisdiction$xProvinces. 615 0$aDistrict courts$xProvinces. 615 0$aCounty courts$xProvinces. 676 $a347.71/01 700 $aRussell$b Peter H., $0164006 702 $aRussell$b Peter H. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456378003321 996 $aCanada's trial courts$91983113 997 $aUNINA