The legal system of Québec / editors Alain A. Levasseur, J. Randall Trahan, David Gruning.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levasseur, Alain A., editor.

Trahan, J. Randall, editor.

Gruning, David W., 1951- editor.

Series:

Bibliothèque de l'Association Henri Capitant. Legal systems series

Legal systems series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Québec (Province).

Law.

Law--Québec (Province)--History.

Justice, Administration of--Québec (Province).

Justice, Administration of.

History.

Québec.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 106 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2021]

Summary:

"For over eighty years, the Association Henri Capitant has endeavored to spread, update, and promote "continental law," or the law of the European continent. In pursuance of these objectives, the Association has decided to create the "Library of the Association Henri Capitant." The many different groups of the Association have been asked to outline and explain the most salient features of their legal system in a series of books, written in French, structured around a uniform table of contents and within a set limit of pages. Thereby, a reader will be able to know and compare the foundations and fundamental features of each one of these legal systems. With this purpose in mind, The Legal System of Québec, like the other books in this collection, presents to the reader the main features of the history of its legal system, its sources of law, its constitutional framework, its legal actors, its criminal law, its law of persons, family law, property law, law of contract, law on delictual liability, quasi-contracts, business entities, and labor-employment law"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Legal History

Bibliography

ch. Two Sources Of Law

1. The Canadian State and the Canadian Constitution

1.1. Bijuralism in the Federal and Quebec Legal Systems

1.2. Sources in Quebec Civil Law

1.3. Common Law Sources in Quebec and in Canada

ch. Three The Constitutional Framework

1. The Constitution

1.1. Principal Characteristics of the Constitution

1.2. State Structure

2. Three Branches of Government

2.1. Legislative Power

2.2. Executive Power

2.3. Judicial Power

ch. Four Legal Actors

1. Judges

2. Clerks of Court

3. Lawyers-Attorneys

4. Notaries

5. Bailiffs

6. In-House Counsel

Business Lawyers

ch. Five Criminal Law

1. Substantive Criminal Law

2. Criminal Procedure

ch. Six Persons

1. Distinction Between Natural and Legal Persons

2. Rights Attached to Personality

ch. Seven The Family

1. Unions

2. Dissolution

3. Filiation and Parentage

4. Successions

ch. Eight Property

1. The Scope of Property

2. Powers in Relation to Property

3. Property as Security

4. Disposition of Things

Property

ch. Nine Contract

1. Contract in Private Law

1.1. Formation

1.2. Performance

2. Particular Aspects of Administrative Contracts

ch. Ten Liability

1. Civil Liability in Private Law

2. Civil Liability: State and Public Bodies

ch. Eleven Quasi-Contracts

ch. Twelve Enterprises: Business Entities

1. Forms of Enterprises

1.1. Individual Operation: Sole Proprietorship

1.2. Operation in Partnership; Business Corporation

2. Financial Difficulties Encountered by Enterprises

Business Entities

3. Regulation of Business Activities

ch. Thirteen Labour And Employment Law

1. Individual Labour Relations

2. Collective Labour Relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: The legal system of québec

ISBN:

9781531020279

1531020275

OCLC:

1243908436