| | Canada in the Making - Specific Events & Topics |
 | | Canada has inherited two systems of law: civil law from the French and Common law from the English. |
| | This practice was followed in Canada until the passing of the Constitution Act, 1982, which set down individual rights along American lines in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. |
| | The development of a bilingual civil code for Canada East (still called Lower Canada in its title) began in 1857, and was intended to reconcile the problems that had developed from the mixing of British Common law and the Custom of Paris. |
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