The Court System
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Chapter three explores the court system and how it operates in Canada. Topics discussed include Judges, Lawyers, Court Staff, Juries, the Courts (The Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Courts, Provincial Courts of Appeal, Provincial Courts), and Private Justice through Arbitration and Mediation.
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Contributors
Mark Bourrie
Mark Bourrie holds a master’s degree in journalism and a PhD in media history (with a thesis on press censorship in the Second World War), as well as completing a diploma program in public policy and a Juris Doctor degree. He was a journalist from 1978 until 2017. His newspaper journalism appeared in most major Canadian papers, and his magazine articles were published by, among others, Toronto Life, Saturday Night, Maclean’s, Canadian Business, Canadian Lawyer, The National, and Ottawa Magazine. Mark won a National Magazine Award and was a four-time nominee. He was also nominated for a National Newspaper Award and won several Ontario Newspaper Awards. Mark taught journalism and media studies at Concordia University from 2007–2009. In 2020, he was awarded the RBC Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction for his bestselling book Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson. Mark is a member of the bar of Ontario, concentrating on cases that have a nexus between law and politics, and on media law. He continues to write non-fiction books and rather infrequent op-ed pieces.
