scholarly journals Changing Codes and Changing Constitutions

2005 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 629-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoi Kong
Keyword(s):  
Civil Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Design Features ◽  
Division Of Powers ◽  
Civil Union ◽  
Civil Code Of Quebec ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Area Of Study

In this article, the author addresses a neglected area of study, namely codal amendment in Canada. The author argues that the theoretical justi-fcations for the Civil Code of Québec and its distinctive design features raise concerns about how the Code is currently amended. In response to these concerns, the author draws on the rich literature concerning law reform in Canada to propose a reform institute that is charged with overseeing the process of codal amendment. Moreover, the author contends that when Canadian courts and Parliament respond to and the Quebec legislature effects changes to codal text they should be closely attentive to the purposes underlying the constitutional division of powers. To illustrate this last contention, the author critiques the Federal Law — Civil Law Harmonization Act, No. 1 and recent legislative and judicial developments respecting marriage and the civil union.

SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT IN THE SYSTEM OF PRIVATE LAW

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-107
Author(s):  
M.D. TYAZHBIN
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Private Law ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article is dedicated to the category of subordination agreements. Based on the concept of conflict of rights in personam, the author makes an attempt to integrate this category into the system of private law, to determine the legal nature of subordination, and from these positions to assess the effectiveness of Art. 309.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, implemented in the course of the civil law reform.

Marriage and Marital Property under the New Greek Family Law

1985 ◽  
Vol 13 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 1-40
Author(s):  
Theresa Papademetriou
Keyword(s):  
Family Law ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Civil Procedure ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Constitutional Principle ◽  
Marital Property

The movement for a civil law reform in Greece that was initiated in 1975 with the constitutional guarantee of equal rights and obligations of the sexes led to the adoption of Law 1329/1983 on the Application of the Constitutional Principle of Equality of the Sexes in the Civil Code and Its Introductory Law, in Commercial Legislation, and in the Code of Civil Procedure, as well as to Partial Modernization of Certain Provisions of the Civil Code Regarding Family Law.

scholarly journals Les lignes de force de la Loi 89 instituant un nouveau Code civil et portant réforme du droit de la famille

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-307
Author(s):  
Marie-José Longtin
Keyword(s):  
Family Law ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
The Family ◽  
Civil Code Of Quebec ◽  
Mandatory Rules ◽  
Code Civil

The family law reform is based upon several principles among which the legislation seeks to create a certain balance. The new legislation approaches the question of that balance under four themes : 1. The equality between man and woman - an equality sometimes intruded upon in order to protect one of the spouses or to strengthen his or her self-determination ; 2. the spouses' freedom to arrange their family relations as they see fit, but a freedom limited by several mandatory rules in order to ensure a greater measure of equality for each ; 3. the equality between children regardless of the circumstances of their birth or their form of filiation - an equality strengthened by rules devised to protect their interests ; 4. the increased intervention of the judiciary authaurised mostly for promotive self-reconciliation by the parties. The following comments try to illustrate how these four principles are embodied in book two of the Civil Code of Quebec, book which must be construed according to the Legislator's expressed view for overriding equality, simplicity and flexibility.

scholarly journals Louisiana and Quebec Terminology as a Tool in Polish-English Legal Translation

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-176
Author(s):  
Przemysław Kusik
Keyword(s):  
Common Law ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Legal Tradition ◽  
Legal Translation ◽  
Conceptual Background ◽  
Civil Code Of Quebec ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Unique Source ◽  
Civil Codes

Abstract While in the majority of English-speaking territories the dominant legal tradition is common law, in Louisiana and Quebec the native language is English and the legal system stems from continental civil law. Both the Louisiana Civil Code and the Civil Code of Quebec take root in the European codification movement, following Code Napoleon. Bearing in mind the link between law and language, these jurisdictions provide a unique source of English civil law terminology with well-founded conceptual background. The civil codes of Louisiana and Quebec seem to be potentially useful for the translation of Polish private law into English. Yet there are some reservations which should be considered. By comparing two different translations of Article 292 of the Polish Civil Code, this paper is intended to contribute to the debate on the use of Quebec and Louisiana terminology in Polish-English legal translation.

scholarly journals Testing the Origins of the Family Patrimony in Everyday Law

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 795-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Kasirer
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Married Life ◽  
The Family ◽  
Civil Code Of Quebec ◽  
A Share

This essay seeks to reevaluate the origins of the family patrimony by challenging the idea that the provisions introduced into the Civil Code of Québec in 1989 amounted to new law. The family patrimony is not simply a statutory trust borrowed maladroitly from Ontario, nor does it reflect a moral postulate that, prior to 1989, had no legal status. It may be argued, in advance of sociological study, that the family patrimony should be understood as reflecting customary norms that were already present in the Quebec legal order at the time of its enactment. Where wealth is accumulated by the spouses during the period that marriage is lived as a joint economic endeavour, rules of everyday law may require the sharing of certain property without regard to which of them has formal title thereto. These customary norms, obscured doctrinally by a modern disinclination among jurists to look beyond state-made law and its adjuncts in the regulation of married life, are potent sources of family property law. Once the manner in which everyday law complements the formal law of matrimonial property is made plain, it becomes apparent that the claim to a share of the family patrimony is not, in fact, a break with tradition in Quebec's Civil law of family property.

scholarly journals Alive and Kicking — The Story of Lesion and the Civil Code of Québec

2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 445-465
Author(s):  
Kerianne Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Civil Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Lower Canada ◽  
Civil Code Of Quebec ◽  
The 1950S

Québec civil law had excluded lesion between majors entirely from the Civil Code of Lower Canada. The changing social climate of the 1950s and 1960s and the accompanying popularity of the philosophy of contractual justice set the stage for the Civil Code Revision Office and a dramatic reversal of the place of lesion in Québec law. But this expectation came to nothing as lesion between majors was, for all intents and purposes, excluded from the Civil Code of Québec. In recent years, however, the judiciary has used other means, namely abusive clauses and economic error, to reach the same end to a large extent. The result is desirable, but the legitimacy of this initiative remains controversial.

Institute for assurances and its implementation in the penal system in the framework of the Federal Law of 05.04.2013 No. 44-FZ “On contract system in procurement of goods, works, services for state and municipal needs”

2020 ◽  
pp. 162-170
Author(s):  
Екатерина Станиславовна Брылякова ◽  
Тамара Викторовна Шепель
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Penal System ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
The Russian Federation

Статья посвящена анализу нового института гражданского права «заверения об обстоятельствах», нашедшего легальное отражение в гражданском законодательстве РФ только после принятия Федерального закона РФ от 08.03.2015 № 42-ФЗ «О внесении изменений в часть первую Гражданского кодекса Российской Федерации». При этом с появлением данного института возникла полемика относительно его правовой природы и отнесения к институту преддоговорной ответственности как его разновидности или как одной из гарантий обязательственных правоотношений. Актуальность темы обусловлена еще и анализом возможности реализации института заверений об обстоятельствах в контексте Федерального закона от 05.04.2013 № 44 «О контрактной системе в сфере закупок товаров, работ, услуг для обеспечения государственных и муниципальных нужд» в части защиты интересов заказчиков и одного из элементов антикоррупционной составляющей. Ряд правоприменителей категорически не допускают возможности реализации исследуемого института в контрактной системе. Кроме того, в правоприменительной сфере возникает дискуссионный вопрос относительно интерпретации заверений об обстоятельствах и их применении в обязательственных правоотношениях. В статье предпринята попытка определить правовую природу института заверений об обстоятельствах и ответственности за недостоверные заверения, а также обосновать возможность его реализации в контрактной системе в сфере закупок товаров, работ и услуг для обеспечения государственных и муниципальных нужд, в том числе для нужд уголовно-исполнительной системы. This article is devoted to the analysis of a new institution of civil law “assurances of circumstances”, which was legally reflected in the civil legislation of the Russian Federation only after the adoption of the Federal law of the Russian Federation from 08.03.2015 № 42-FZ “On amendments to part one of the Civil code of the Russian Federation”. At the same time, with the appearance of this institution, there has been a lot of controversy regarding its legal nature and the attribution to the institution of pre-contractual liability as its variety or as one of the guarantees of legal obligations. The relevance of the topic due to the analysis of the feasibility of the Institute for assurances in the context of the Federal law of 05.04.2013 № 44 “On contract system in procurement of goods, works, services for state and municipal needs” in terms of protecting the interests of customers and one of the elements of the anti-corruption component. A number of law enforcement agencies categorically do not allow the possibility of implementing the research Institute in the contract system. In addition, in the law enforcement sphere, there is a debatable issue regarding the interpretation of assurances about circumstances and their application in legal relations of obligations. The article attempts to understand the concept and legal nature of the institution of assurances about circumstances and to justify the possibility of its implementation in the contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works and services for state and municipal needs, including for the needs of the penal system.

scholarly journals La Convention des Nations Unies sur les contrats de vente internationale de marchandises : Étude comparative des dispositions de la Convention et des règles de droit québécois en la matière

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 919-1008
Author(s):  
Claude Samson
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
International Business ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Etude Comparative ◽  
Étude Comparative ◽  
Business Transactions ◽  
Civil Code Of Quebec ◽  
Uniform Law ◽  
International Sale Of Goods

On April 11, 1980, the U.N. Diplomatic Conference held in Vienna approved the Convention on contracts for the International Sale of Goods. This paper deals with the most interesting aspects of the Convention, comparing them with the rules of the Civil Code and the Draft Civil Code of Quebec on this matter. The provisions of this international uniform law are quite close to the rules and remedies existing in civil law juridictions. The major differences between the Convention and the Quebec Law are more technical than substantial. The differences between the uniform law and the national law can also be explained by particular circumstances of international trade which require more celerity and security in the field of international business transactions.

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