Canada's Court System

Canada's Court System How Does Canada's Court System Work details the different levels of courts that exist within Canada's justice system, the means of organization of the courts and the roles each levels of the judiciary play. It speaks to the alternative methods for dispute resolution that exist including Sentencing Circles for Indigenous communities and Alternative Dispute Resolution. The most current update to the publication addresses the Judiciary and the work being done to improve the Bilingual Biystemism (the coexistence of civil and common law systems in English and French) specifically in the Superior Courts. There has been a list of commonly used terms added and defined in plain language to improve accessibility. 2023-05-19 Department of Justice Canada OG-GO@justice.gc.ca Government and PoliticsLawProcessesDepartment of JusticeCanada's Court SystemBilingualismAlternative Dispute Resolution Canada's Court SystemHTML https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/ccs-ajc/index.html Canada's Court SystemPDF https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/jus/J2-128-2015-eng.pdf Canada's Court SystemHTML https://www.justice.gc.ca/fra/sjc-csj/ajc-ccs/index.html Canada's Court SystemPDF https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/jus/J2-128-2015-fra.pdf Enhancing the Bilingual Capacity of the Superior Court Judiciary-Action PlanHTML https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/biju/index.html Enhancing the Bilingual Capacity of the Superior Court Judiciary-Action PlanPDF https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/biju/actionplan.pdf Enhancing the Bilingual Capacity of the Superior Court Judiciary-Action PlanHTML https://www.justice.gc.ca/fra/sjc-csj/biju/index.html Enhancing the Bilingual Capacity of the Superior Court Judiciary-Action PlanPDF https://www.justice.gc.ca/fra/sjc-csj/biju/planaction.pdf DefinitionsHTML https://www.justice.gc.ca/fra/sjc-csj/ajc-ccs/06.html DefinitionsHTML https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/ccs-ajc/06.html

How Does Canada's Court System Work details the different levels of courts that exist within Canada's justice system, the means of organization of the courts and the roles each levels of the judiciary play. It speaks to the alternative methods for dispute resolution that exist including Sentencing Circles for Indigenous communities and Alternative Dispute Resolution. The most current update to the publication addresses the Judiciary and the work being done to improve the Bilingual Biystemism (the coexistence of civil and common law systems in English and French) specifically in the Superior Courts. There has been a list of commonly used terms added and defined in plain language to improve accessibility.

  • Publisher - Current Organization Name: Department of Justice Canada
  • Publisher - Organization Name at Publication: Department of Justice
  • Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada

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