The full text of the Supreme Court of Canada's decisions since 1989 are available on the Internet, too. The Introduction To Judicial SystemsFederal Court of Canada also provides the full text of its recent decisions on-line. The provinces also organize their own levels of court. You can read about the provincial court system in British Columbia to find out more. The recent decisions of the BC Supreme Court , as well as its top court, the Court of Appeal , are provided on the Internet.
Juries play an important role in many trials.
For more details on Canada, connect to the Canadian Legal System page of Nelson's Canadian Politics on the Web . The U.S. government maintains a central site on Federal Courts , from which you can link to many other sites. Included in the material is an interesting set of documents which provide a broad overview of the American judicial system, Understanding the Federal Courts . Find out who the current members of the Supreme Court of the United States are, and read the full text of the Court's decisions on the Web. The Federal Court Locator is from the Villanova Center for Information, Law, and Policy.