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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A custom is an unwritten law introduced by the continuous acts of the faithful with the consent of the legitimate legislator.  1, record 1, English, - unwritten%20law

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Application of the unwritten principle of the Rule of Law to temporarily validate Manitoba's unconstitutional unilingual statutes.  1, record 2, English, - principle%20of%20the%20rule%20of%20law

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Cependant, le principe de la primauté du droit n'est pas d'être simplement appliqué dans les cas faciles, mais d'être maintenu dans les cas impopulaires.  1, record 2, French, - principe%20de%20la%20primaut%C3%A9%20du%20droit

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

But, more importantly, the Court, having anchored itself to the written text of the Constitution, was also of the opinion that the unwritten constitutional imperatives that had led to the necessary judicial modifications to the common law rules on the mobility of jurisprudence should now be applied "to the provincial legislatures as well as to the courts"(p. 324, letter e) : the unwritten constitutional imperatives were now elevated to the level of the written Constitution itself.  1, record 3, English, - unwritten%20constitutional%20imperative

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Mais, ce qui est le plus important, c'est que la Cour, s'étant arrimée sur les textes écrits de la Constitution, était également d'avis que les impératifs constitutionnels non-écrits qui avaient apporté les modifications requises aux règles de common law portant sur la libre circulation de la jurisprudence devaient maintenant s'appliquer également tant «aux législatures provinciales qu'aux tribunaux» (p. 324, lettre e) : les impératifs non-écrits étaient maintenant élevés au rang de la Constitution écrite elle-même.  1, record 3, French, - imp%C3%A9ratif%20constititionnel%20non%20%C3%A9crit

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

To sum up : the unwritten constitutional "principles" are included in constitutional "law"(«droit») and consequently must be applied by the courts in the exercise of their power of constitutional review of government and legislative action, since only "law" can "bind the courts".  1, record 4, English, - constitutional%20review

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Pour résumer : les « principes » constitutionnels non-écrits sont inclus dans le « droit » constitutionnel (« law ») et, par conséquent, doivent être appliqués par les tribunaux dans l'exercice de leur pouvoir de contrôle constitutionnel de l'action gouvernementale et législative, puisque seul le « droit » (« law ») peut « lier les tribunaux ».  1, record 4, French, - contr%C3%B4le%20constitutionnel

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Unlike the majority of countries whose basic law derives from one document, Canada's basic law derives not only from a set of documents known as Constitution Acts, but also a set of unwritten laws and conventions. This comprises all the acts passed since 1867 up to and including 1998. As a result, all constitutional documents during that time period have the force of law.  3, record 5, English, - force%20of%20law

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Force obligatoire de la loi; force équivalente à celle de la loi reconnue à certaines règles autres que la loi.  2, record 5, French, - force%20de%20loi

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish