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Introduction
The Beginnings of Civil Law on Canadian Soil:
Historical Review (1663-1867)
The Custom of Paris (1663)
The Quebec Act (1774)
The Civil Code of Lower Canada (1857-1866)
The Long Road to Recognition:
The First Civilians at the Department of Justice (1867-1952)
Birth of a Department
The First Civilians
The Rise of the Civilians
Gaining a Place at the Department of Justice:
The Birth of the Civil Law Section and Its Development (1952-1986)
Difficult Beginnings
The Start of a New Era
The Upheavals of the 1960s
The Glassco Commission and Its Repercussions
The Montréal Regional Office
Meanwhile, Back in Ottawa
Paving the Way for Genuine Bijuralism: Harmonization
and Recognition of the Place of Civil Law at the
Department of Justice (1986 to the Present)
Distribution of Cases Between Ottawa and Montréal
Harmonizing Federal Laws: From Administration to Politics
Increasing the Visibility of Civil Law and Its Practitioners
Conclusion
Appendix 1:
Ministers of Justice Trained in Civil Law
Appendix 2:
Chronological Highlights
Bibliography
Last Updated: 2005-10-20
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