LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Trial Division, Coutume, Ancient Germanic Law
Document Summary
Today: sources of law in canada: origins of canadian law: civil, common law, indigenous traditions. Law of possessions and estate(property law) no criminal law context. Rise of christian churches rise of rules of god over the rules of human beings church and state became one, pope ruled. Christianity losing way and rise of renaissance (thomas aquinas) . Roman law found way back to secular purpose, deal with conflict. Roman law blended with germanic law coutume of paris came over to new france and remained until 1857 until civil code of. Quebec was created (roots in coutume de paris enriched in. Napoleons coutumes) v quebec 1866 civil code & today. France divided between north and south uniquely regional systems across southern france, judges can deviate from previous cases, rely on resources they felt necessary to receive the correct result seen in quebec today.
