Civil Law


(Lord Dorchester era) Importance of the question to the French population,

after 1760,10-11; British authorities at Quebec find difficulty in

defining, 11; attempt to enforce English law abandoned, 13; Murray

establishes courts, 13; criticisms of the grand jury, 15; confusion of

English and French codes, 40-41; dissatisfaction of the French-speaking

inhabitants, 41; Maseres suggests four plans to Carleton, 41-42; Maurice

> Morgan sent out to study legal situation, 43; Carleton favours the

French civil code, 43; dishonest magistrates and tyrannical bailiffs,

51-54; report of Committee on Administration of Justice, 1769, 54;

Ordinance of 1770, 54; French-Canadians petition for their own laws, 61;

French law established by Quebec Act, 64; discussed in British

Parliament, 65-68; confusion of civil procedure, 225-227. =Bib.=:

Bourinot, Constitutional History of Canada and How Canada is Governed;

Ashley, Earlier Constitutional History of Canada; Houston, Canadian

Constitutional Documents.



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