LWSO 203 Lecture Notes - Law French, Coutume, English Criminal Law
26 Mar 2013
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French influences: french colonization of north america. Jacques cartier: 1st european to sail up the st. lawrence (1534-35) Samuel de champlain: founder of new france (1608) Economic activities: fur trade, obtain rights of exploration. If you get there first; you have the right to resources. Governance: left to private companies in return for exclusive right to resources. Religious: many missionaries, few conversions first to establish a building habitation. Roi lous xiv: 1663 control of colony returned to the king. Made new france a province of france. Filles de roi french women to marry settlers: french law coutume de paris (1663) Contract law: fairness over certainty: the paris custom emphasizes fairness of contract over certainty. Preservation of family property: real property = land/any property with resources, imposed a feudal system on land holdings. All land holdings belong to the king. King assigns the land to the seigneurs and then subdivided to the lower tenants.
