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THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA AND ITS IMPACT
ON THE EXPRESSION OF BIJURALISM

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Table of Contents

Introduction

I – The threat of assimilation of civil law by common law
  A – The overriding influence of common law over civil law
  B – The movement for the affirmation of civil law in relation to common law
II – The equal recognition of civil law and common law
  A – The developing awareness of the conceptual autonomy of civil law in relation
       to common law
  B – The confirmation of the complementary relationship between civil law
       and federal law
Conclusion

 

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BIJURALISM IN SUPREME COURT OF CANADA JUDGMENTS
SINCE THE ENACTMENT OF THE CIVIL CODE OF QUEBEC

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Table of Contents

Introduction
 
1. Rights of the individual
1.1 Human rights and freedoms
1.1.1

Rights of pregnant women and the fetus
  Dobson (Litigation Guardian of) v. Dobson [1999] 2 S.C.R. 753
  Winnipeg Child and Family Services v. D.F.G. [1997] 3 S.C.R. 925

1.1.2

Disclosure of private records of sexual assault victims
  L.L.A. v. A.B. [1995] 4 S.C.R. 536
  R. v. O'Connor [1995] 4 S.C.R. 411

1.1.3

Rights of patients in the event of illegal strikes by hospital employees
  Québec (Public Curator) v. Syndicat national des employés de l'hôpital St-Ferdinand [1996] 3 S.C.R. 211

1.2

Administrative law
  Blencoe v. British Columbia (Human Rights Commission) [2000] S.C.R. 44
  2747-3174 Québec Inc v. Quebec (Régie des permis d'alcool) [1996] 3 S.C.R. 919
 

2.  Civil liability
2.1

Limitation Periods
  Doré v. Verdun (City) [1997] 2 S.C.R. 862
  Tolofson v. Jensen; Lucas (Litigation Guardian of) v. Gagnon [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022

2.2

Negligence
  Ryan v. Victoria (Ville) [1999] 1 S.C.R. 201
  Arndt v. Smith [1997] 2 S.C.R. 539

2.3 Damages
2.31

Damages for economic loss suffered as a result of damage to the property of a  third party (contractual relational economic loss)
  Bow Valley Husky (Bermuda) LTD. v. Saint John Shipbuilding [1997] 3 S.C.R. 1210

2.32

Damages for Non-Economic Loss and Exemplary Damages
  Ordon Estate v. Grail [1998] 3 S.C.R. 437
  Augustus v. Gosset [1996] 3 S.C.R. 268
  Béliveau St-Jacques v. Fédération des employées et employés de services publics Inc.[1996] 2 S.C.R. 345
  Quebec (Public Curator) v. Syndicat national des employés de l'hôpital St-Ferdinand [1996] 3 S.C.R. 211
 

3. Family law
3.1

Right of Custody
  Gordon v. Goertz [1996] 2 S.C.R. 27
  V.W. v. D.S. [1996] 2 S.C.R. 108
  Winnipeg Child and Family Services v. K.L.W. [2000] S.C.J. No. 48

3.2

Obligation of Support
   
Bracklow v. Bracklow [1999] 1 S.C.R. 420
 

4.  Contracts
4.1

Contracts of Employment
  Farber v. Royal Trust Co. [1997] 1 S.C.R. 846

4.2

Contracts of Insurance
  Chablis Textiles Inc. (Trustee of) v. London Life Insurance Co. [1996] 1 S.C.R. 160
  Perron-Malenfant v. Malenfant [1999] 3 S.C.R. 375
 

Conclusion

    

     



 

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