The Role of the Supreme Court, the second of 10 episodes of Inside the Supreme Court of Canada - 150 Years of the Highest Court, looks at how cases come before the Court and its role as one of three distinct branches that make up Canada's democratic system.
Former justices and experts discuss the Supreme Court's dual role as both a constitutional and final court of appeal and its status as the only high court that is both bilingual and bijural, working and deciding cases from both common law and civil law.
Photo credits: Library and Archives Canada and The Canadian Press
Funded in part by the Department of Canadian Heritage's Commemorate Canada Program.