Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécois

Is judicial truth a uniform concept, with the same meaning, or at least, the same scope in common law and civil law ? It is suggested here that it is not. The expression seems to be more accurate in common law. Judicial truth, in this legal system, is intimately linked to the stare decisis doctrine...

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Main Author: Sylvette Guillemard
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Published: Association Clio et Themis 2020-11-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cliothemis/198
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description Is judicial truth a uniform concept, with the same meaning, or at least, the same scope in common law and civil law ? It is suggested here that it is not. The expression seems to be more accurate in common law. Judicial truth, in this legal system, is intimately linked to the stare decisis doctrine which lends it a more general and sustainable scope.What about the province of Quebec, where the civil procedure is hybrid ? Is it supposed to propagate judicial truth over time or not ? The answer is not unequivocal ; case law, including that of the Supreme Court of Canada, considers that the rule of precedent is present but watered down in the Quebec private law.
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Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécois
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judicial truth
civil law
common law
stare decisis
Quebec
title Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécois
title_full Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécois
title_fullStr Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécois
title_full_unstemmed Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécois
title_short Vérité judiciaire et stare decisis en droit privé québécois
title_sort verite judiciaire et stare decisis en droit prive quebecois
topic judicial truth
civil law
common law
stare decisis
Quebec
url https://journals.openedition.org/cliothemis/198
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