Crown attorney
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Crown attorneys or crown counsel (
legal system of Canada
.
Crown attorneys represent
civil servants
and may be removed from their positions pursuant to their employment agreements.
Although the enactment of criminal law is under federal jurisdiction in Canada, the prosecution of most Criminal Code offences—outside of Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut—is the responsibility of the provincial
Attorneys General and their lawful deputies[who?] by virtue of the "interpretation" section of the Criminal Code.[3]
As a result, the vast majority of crown attorneys are employed by Canada's ten provinces.
Lawyers who act on
assistant district attorneys
, although within the aspects of the Canadian legal system.
As crown attorneys are not elected, the Canadian prosecutorial system is often seen as less politically motivated than other systems.
See also
- Crown Attorney's Office of Ontario
- Crown prosecutor
- Crown counsel
- Public Prosecution Service of Canada
References
- ^ French name remains the same, see Bureau des Procureurs de la Couronne, Bureau central (Unité).
- ^ Alberta Justice page on Crown Prosecutors
- ^ New Brunswick Public Prosecutions Operational Manual
- ^ Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46, s 2, definition of "Attorney General."
- Sources
- Crown attorney on the Canadian Encyclopedia