This is the first podcast in a class called Foundations of Canadian Law at McGill University. In Foundations we tend to cover a wide variety of topics related to law such as philosophy, aboriginal title, history, rights, rules and morals, etc., so many of these episodes can stand alone. In this short episode, I talk a little bit about the history of civil law in Canada. For a more comprehensive history of Canada’s pre-confederate legal system you may also listen to Canadian Constitutional Law #3.

Royal Proclaimation 1763
Quebec Act 1774
Coutume de Paris 1510
Civil Code of Lower Canada 1866

 
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