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SOME THOUGHTS ON BIJURALISM IN CANADA AND THE WORLD

 

Table of Contents
 

General Introduction
 

PART I

Characteristics and Context of the Two Legal Traditions

Historical Background

Characteristics of the two legal traditions

   The civil law tradition
    The common law tradition

Characterization of the two legal traditions: private law and common law in Canada
 

PART II

Forms of Coexistence of the Two Legal Traditions in Canada

Influence through interpretation or integration

Interaction between the two legal traditions: the relationship of complementarity and its exception, dissociation

The realization of the Complementarity relationship

   First methodological implication
   Second methodological implication
 

PART III

Forms of Coexistence of the Two Legal Systems in Other Parts of the World

The United Kingdomand laws applicable in Scotland

United States and laws applicable in Louisiana

Europe and the autonomy of European law
 

General Conclusion

 

 



 

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