Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter 1: textbook chapter 1

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Cristin Keller

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Quebec uses civil code to resolve private disputes. Applied to tort cases y henry ii established travelling courts y common law principles came from the common people traditions & customs y stare decisis: judges are required to follow each other s decisions. Judges follow decisions if made within that court s hierarchy. Results in an inflexible system y 3 great courts at an early stage of common law: Exchequer court y sources of canadian common law: Roman civil law: concepts of property and possessions. Canon/ church law: relation to families and estates. Federal powers set out in section 91. raising monies by any mode of taxation. Provincial powers set out in section 92. 1457 & 1463 of the quebec civil code y stare decisis means follow the precedent . Plays a similar role in common-law system and quebec civil code y.