Law of Canada: Difference between revisions

==Judicial system==

{{See also|Court system of Canada}}

Under the ''[[Constitution Act, 1867]]'', the federal Parliament and the provincial legislatures both have the constitutional authority to create courts: Parliament under s. 101, and the Provinces under [[Section 92(14) of the Constitution Act, 1867|s. 92(14)]].<ref name="Lefroy200mm5">{{cite book|author=Augustus Henry Frazer Lefroy|title=Canada's Federal System: Being a Treatise on Canadian Constitutional Law Under the British North America Act|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NV2jAcFu3hoC&pg=PA151|year=2005|publisher=The Lawbook Exchange|isbn=978-1-58477-591-1|page=151}}</ref> However, the federal power to create courts is much more limited than the provincial power. The provincial courts have a much more extensive jurisdiction, including the constitutionally entrenched power to determine constitutional issues.