MGCR 382 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Municipal Law, Workforce Management, Product Liability
17 Jun 2013
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Canada uses the public law (the common law approach) and the private law (contracts, wills, property, torts/delicts) uses the common law approach except for quebec who uses the civil law approach. Civil law (most prevalent in the world associated with continental european countries: code makes legislature-made law they key source of law. The code includes all general legal principles on a subject/subjects: case law is a secondary source of law (judges apply code principles to different situations) Common law (associated with england : court decisions makes judge-made law is the key source of law. It is the principle of judicial precedent (judges are bound by previous court decisions of upper or equal rank courts when deciding a case on a similar issue) Common law has evolved differently in each country. Manufacturers will be more likely found to be liable for defective products in the us than in the uk or canada.
