Lower Canada (Quebec): Transformation of Civil Law, from Higher Morality to Autonomous Will, 1774-1866

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Title
Lower Canada (Quebec): Transformation of Civil Law, from Higher Morality to Autonomous Will, 1774-1866
Abstract
An investigation of the conflicting European values in Quebec's political and legal arenas from 1774 and 1866 between the feudal French civil laws, which the author argues subordinated individual desire to higher morality, and the British legal principles espoused by the English-speaking merchant class which placed an overriding emphasis on individual autonomy in fostering entrepreneurship.
Publication
Manitoba Law Journal
Volume
Vol. 23
Issue
no. 1-2
Pages
132-182
Date
1995
Language
en
Citation
Greenwood, F. Murray. “Lower Canada (Quebec): Transformation of Civil Law, from Higher Morality to Autonomous Will, 1774-1866.” Manitoba Law Journal Vol. 23, no. 1–2 (1995): 132–182.
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