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This 7-page paper discusses how the Supreme Court of Canada uses extrinsic evidence to decide cases. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Act. From this particular act, the Supreme Court judges are able to determine what appeals from lower courts are considered constitutional or not.
There are, however, situations during which the Constitution, in and of itself, doesnt quite make it so obvious as to whether a law is being broken or not. This is
when extrinsic evidence comes into play. Extrinsic evidence, as well see, is a somewhat tricky situation - most judges and lawyers are somewhat
leery of introducing it because it can muddy up the waters and, in some cases, change the original intent of constitutional acts or other laws that were passed. There are
times, however, during which extrinsic evidence would be required in a particular case. In this paper, well explain what extrinsic evidence is, and
how its been successfully used by the Supreme Court of Canada. But before we start on this, well discuss the purpose of the Court and how it relates to Canada.
Purpose of the Court According to the Courts website, the Supreme Court of Canada is "Canadas final court of appeal, the last judicial
resort for all litigants" (Supreme Court of Canada). The jurisdiction involves the civil law of Quebec and common law of Canadas other provinces and territories (Supreme Court of Canada). The
Supreme Court hears appeals form the court of last resort, deciding cases that come to it from three sources (Supreme Court of Canada). If a party wants to appeal another
courts decision, it must obtain permission from a panel of three judges from the Court (Supreme Court of Canada). In another situation, if the case is an "as of right"
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