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apportionment statute [1 record]

Record 1 2015-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Private Law
OBS

Several Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada ... expressed their displeasure with the stalemate rule and turned a "wistful eye" to the more "equitable" Quebec principle of "common fault." In one of those rare occasions in Canadian history when common lawyers were influenced by civil law, Ontario enacted the first apportionment statute a year later in 1924.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit privé
OBS

[...] plusieurs juges de la Cour suprême du Canada exprimèrent leur mécontentement [...] et tournèrent un «regard envieux» vers le principe plus «équitable» de la «faute commune» du droit québécois. L'une des rares occasions de l'histoire canadienne où la common law fut influencée par le droit civil fut l'adoption par l'Ontario, un an plus tard, en 1924, d'une loi sur le partage de la responsabilité.

OBS

En contexte, le terme «legislation» se rend parfois en français par le mot «loi» au singulier. En revanche, le terme français «législation» n'a qu'un sens collectif; il ne saurait désigner une seule loi.

Spanish

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