Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécois
Is judicial truth a uniform concept, with the same meaning, or at least, the same scope in common law and civil law ? It is suggested here that it is not. The expression seems to be more accurate in common law. Judicial truth, in this legal system, is intimately linked to the stare decisis doctrine...
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| description | Is judicial truth a uniform concept, with the same meaning, or at least, the same scope in common law and civil law ? It is suggested here that it is not. The expression seems to be more accurate in common law. Judicial truth, in this legal system, is intimately linked to the stare decisis doctrine which lends it a more general and sustainable scope.What about the province of Quebec, where the civil procedure is hybrid ? Is it supposed to propagate judicial truth over time or not ? The answer is not unequivocal ; case law, including that of the Supreme Court of Canada, considers that the rule of precedent is present but watered down in the Quebec private law. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4d17f732b104e65addb99acafb0e4ba2022-12-22T02:58:22ZfraAssociation Clio et ThemisClio@Themis2105-09292020-11-0119Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécoisSylvette GuillemardIs judicial truth a uniform concept, with the same meaning, or at least, the same scope in common law and civil law ? It is suggested here that it is not. The expression seems to be more accurate in common law. Judicial truth, in this legal system, is intimately linked to the stare decisis doctrine which lends it a more general and sustainable scope.What about the province of Quebec, where the civil procedure is hybrid ? Is it supposed to propagate judicial truth over time or not ? The answer is not unequivocal ; case law, including that of the Supreme Court of Canada, considers that the rule of precedent is present but watered down in the Quebec private law.http://journals.openedition.org/cliothemis/198civil lawcommon lawstare decisisQuebecjudicial truth |
| spellingShingle | Sylvette Guillemard Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécois Clio@Themis civil law common law stare decisis Quebec judicial truth |
| title | Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécois |
| title_full | Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécois |
| title_fullStr | Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécois |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécois |
| title_short | Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécois |
| title_sort | verite judiciaire et stare decisis en droit prive quebecois |
| topic | civil law common law stare decisis Quebec judicial truth |
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