LS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Precedent, Privy Council Of The United Kingdom, History Of Canada
24 Jan 2017
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Roman law emperor justinian in 6th century ce (common era) (cid:862)juris ci(cid:448)ils(cid:863) (cid:272)ode appli(cid:272)a(cid:271)le to all ro(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s. Lost and rediscovered in 11th century and came basis of current civil law. Austria, holla(cid:374)d, prussia tried to (cid:449)rite o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:272)odes (cid:449)ith less su(cid:272)(cid:272)ess (cid:373)erel(cid:455) su(cid:272)(cid:272)essful is. Napoleonic code 1804 (basis of civil law today in much of europe) King henry ii of england (circa 1154) (cid:862) tare de(cid:272)isis(cid:863) (cid:894)sta(cid:374)d (cid:271)(cid:455) decision - precedent) Unifying country under one common legal regime. Decisions made by courts recorded and written, discussed and referred to later by decision makers - previous, superior or equal judges. 1763- royal proclamation - handed over to king george 3rd england. 200 years legal history wiped out - french not happy and protest. British simply wait out but they had complicating factor as us independence movement. Britain had protests in canada and us creating trouble so appease french-canadians so passed quebec act.
