Canada has two legal traditions: common law, which applies in most provinces and territories, and civil law, which is used in the province of Québec for civil matters. Like other common-law countries, the Canadian criminal court system operates under an adversarial system, in which the prosecution (Crown) and defence are represented separately. The federal government legislates criminal laws for the entire country, as codified in the Criminal Code of Canada (1985). In turn, provinces and territories apply the Criminal Code through different levels of provincial courts. Each province has three levels: provincial and territorial, or lower courts; superior courts; and appeal courts. The Nunavut Court of Justice is the only exception, as this territory has a single-level trial court (a single court manages the cases of both the lower and the superior court). After a trial goes to the Court of Appeal, the verdict can later be appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada, the highest court in Canada.