Skip to main content

Report: Legal Dualism and Bilingual Bisystemism: Principles and Applications

Title

Report: Legal Dualism and Bilingual Bisystemism: Principles and Applications

Subject

Canada
legal system
Legal dualism
Bilingual Bisystemism

Description

This set of FAQs seeks to clarify the concepts of legal dualism and bilingual bisystemism.

From this report:
"Legal dualism is the explicative theory built on the coexistence of two legal systems of private law within the Canadian legal framework; bilingual bisystemism relates to the unique coexistence of the civil law and common law legal systems within Canada, and the simultaneous or concomitant presence of two official languages."

Creator

Ms. Anne Des Ormeaux and Mr. Jean-Marie Lessard

Publisher

Ms. Anne Des Ormeaux and Mr. Jean-Marie Lessard

Date

Undated

Rights

(c) Ms. Anne Des Ormeaux and Mr. Jean-Marie Lessard

Relation

Canada, Department of Justice, "Frequently Asked Questions: Legal Dualism and Bilingual Bisystemism", online: http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/dualism-dualisme/faq.html

Format

text file/PDF

Language

English

Type

Text

Original Format

Text
text file/PDF

Files

Citation

Ms. Anne Des Ormeaux and Mr. Jean-Marie Lessard, “Report: Legal Dualism and Bilingual Bisystemism: Principles and Applications,” Exhibits, accessed October 2, 2023, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/2453.