Common Law

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Common law, the system of LAW that evolved from the decisions of the English royal courts of justice since the Norman Conquest (1066). Today the common law, considered more broadly to include statutes as well as decisions, applies in most English-speaking countries, including all Canadian provinces except Québec.

Author JOHN E.C. BRIERLEY


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Department of Justice Canada
Answers to your questions about Canada's justice system may be as close as the online "Resource Centre" at this Department of Justice Canada website. Features authoritative information about Canadian law, the judicial process and the federal administration of justice.

The courts system
This concise guide to the courts that make up the Québec judicial system is from Justice Québec.

Supreme Court of Canada
The extensive website for the Supreme Court of Canada provides access to the Court's online library catalogue, biographies of Supreme Court Judges, an overview of Canada’s judicial system and related information.

McGill Law Journal
This site offers article abstracts about a wide range of legal issues. From the McGill University Faculty of Law.

LawCentral Alberta
A very extensive collection of resources that deal with federal and provincial legal issues, agencies, education and services. Covers both civil and criminal law.

You and the law - Community Legal Information on the Web
An extensive listing of websites providing general legal information that may be of interest to Canadians. From University of Toronto’s Bora Laskin Law Library.

Canadian Association of Law Libraries
The website for the Canadian Association of Law Libraries.

Legaltree.ca
The Legaltree.ca website offers legal research resources as well as legal literature contributed by lawyers in the Canadian legal community.

Duhaime.org
Duhaime.org is a very extensive source for Canadian legal information, history, and related resources.

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