f&rt.-r.v : ti- ': UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO *1 ’ A,. Li vg■V ti' y• y. •r S: v, Vy.n /• "m i -A1:m. '. \f'. t -*■ ' , ' * 1 1 *-,■ . v• FACULTY LAW of WWi' f*5» Civil Law Course Materials Professor Valcke Faculty of Law University of Toronto Fall 2017 ’ 1 11 V Civil Law Course Materials Professor Valcke Faculty of Law University of Toronto Fall 2017 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/civillawcoursema00valc_0 CIVIL LAW TABLE OF CONTENTS and READING ASSIGNMENTS I. Roman Law (week 1) Barry Nicholas, An Introduction to Roman Law, p. 1.2 Alan Watson, The Making of Civil Law (Harvard, 1981), pp. 1-10.3 Frederick H. Lawson, “The Contribution of Roman Law to Western Civilization” in Selected Essays, vol. 1 {Many Laws) (Elsevier North-Holland, 1977), chap. 6.9 F. A. Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty (Chicago: Gateway, 1972).18 List of Questions.19 II. Medieval Revival of Roman Law (week 2) Alan Watson, The Making of Civil Law (Harvard, 1981), pp. 14-2.46 List of Questions.49 III. Revolution and Codification (weeks 3 & 4) Fouillee, “L’idee moderne du droit” in Modern French Legal Philosophy (Modem Legal Philosophy Series, VII, 1916), pp. 16-23, 27-32, 37-45, 47-55.50 Pierre Birnbaum, The Idea of France, pp. 7-15.63 Frederick H. Lawson, “The Sources of French Law” in Selected Essays, Vol. II (The Comparison) (Elsevier North-Holland, 1977), chapter 13, pp. 290-295.67 Andre Tunc, “The Grand Outlines of the Code”, in The Code Napoleon and the Common Law World (1950).70 Catherine Valcke, “Quebec Civil Law and Canadian Federalism” 21 Yale J. Int’l L. 67 (1996) (excerpts).76 Societe Civ. Immob. Les Genevriers v. Bonnin, Cass. Civ. 29/04/1969, 1970 D.S. Jur. 23.92 John Bell, Legal Research and Comparative Law, pp 166-9.93 Rene David & John E.C. Brierley, Major Legal Systems in the World Today: An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Law (Stevens, 3rd ed. 1985), pp. 80-101.97 Mirjan R. Damaska, The Faces of Justice and State Authority: A Comparative Approach to the Legal Process (Yale, 1986), pp. 16-18 (“Two Ideals of Officialdom”), pp. 29-66 (“The Hierarchical and the Coordinate Ideals in Historical Context”).108 List of Questions.129 IV. The Civil Law of Quebec - Quebec as a “Mixed Jurisdiction” (weeks 5 & 6) ***Please read the Preliminary Provision CCQ*** ***PIease read Arts. 1553-1555, 1590-1621 CCQ*** Rene Castel, The Civil Law System in the Province of Quebec, pp. 8-34.130 Prud’homme v. Prud’homme, [2002] S.C.J. No. 86 (excerpts).134 Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Local 580 [R.W.D.S.U.J v. Dolphin Delivery Ltd [1986] 2 S.C.R. 573 (excerpts).153 Robert Leckey, “Prescribed by Law/Une Regie de Droit” 45 Osgoode Hall L.J. 571 2007.159 Rosalie Jukier, “Inside the Judicial Mind: Exploring Judicial Methodology in the Mixed Legal System of Quebec”, http://ssrn.eom/abstract:2002354.180 L.J. Romero, “Specific Performance in Comparative Contract Law: Some Preliminary Observations” (1986) C. de D. 785, pp. 803-810.201 Donald Harris & Denis Tallon, eds., Contract Law Today: Anglo-French Comparisons (Clarendon, 1989), (“Taxonomy of Remedies”) pp. 266-270.205 Articles 1142-44 C.N.; Articles 469, 751 C.P.C.208 List of Questions.209 V. Selected Legal Institutions 1. Property: “Patrimony” and “Ownership” (week 7) ***Please read Arts. 1-3 CCQ, as well as Book FOUR CCQ*** John E.C. Brierley & Roderick A. Macdonald. Quebec Civil Law: An Introduction to Quebec Private Law (Montgomery, 1993), paras. 125-138.210 Tremblay v. R., 33 E.T.R. (2d) 298.223 Donovan W. M. Waters, Mark Gillen, & Lionel Smith, eds., Waters’ Law of Trusts in Canada (Carswell, 2005), (“The Trust in Quebec”) pp. 1335-1368.228 Hans Wiirdinger, “The Gennan Trust”, 33 J. Comp. Legis. & Int’l Law, 31 (1951).247 List of Questions .250 2. Contracts: “Consent” (week 8) ***Please read Arts. 1377-1456 CCQ*** Wayne Barnes, “The French Subjective Theory of Contract: Separating Rhetoric from Reality”, 83 Tulane Law Rev. 359 (2008), pp. 359-362, 366-393.251 Catherine Valcke, “Convergence and Divergence between the English, French and German Conceptions of Contract”, 16 Eur. Rev. of Private Law 29 (2008) (excerpts).282 Articles 1108-1110 CN; Articles 984, 991-992 CCLC.299 Gilles Huot v. Jacques Ouellette [1981] C.S. 872.301 W.T. Rawleigh Co. v. Dumoulin, [1926] 4 D.L.R. 141.304 Pelletier v. St-Laurent, [1996] RDI 153-155 (CA).309 List of Questions.314 3. “Bonne foi” and “Abuse of Right” (week 9) ***Please read Arts 6-7, 1375 CCQ*** Albert Mayrand, “The Abuse of Rights in France and Quebec”, 34 La. L.R. 993 (1973-74).316 Planiol & Ripert, Treatise on the civil Law, Vol. II, Part I, paras. 870-870A.324 Christie v. York [1940] SCR 139 (Sup Ct).327 National Bank of Canada v. Soucisse, [1981] 2 S.C.R. 339.332 Houle v. Canadian National Bank, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 122.343 Finney v. Barreau du Quebec, [2004] S.C.J. No. 31.360 Articles 1382-1383 C.N, Article 2 C.P.C.365 List of Questions.367 4. Delicts (week 10) ***Please read Arts. 1371-1376, 1457-1481 CCQ*** Gerhard Wagner, “Comparative Tort Law”, in M. Reimann & R. Zimmermann, Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law 1003 (OUP, 2008), pp. 1012-1017.368 J.L. Baudouin & P. Deslauriers, La responsabilite civile, (7th ed., 2007), vol. 1, paras. 1-323 to 1- 327 and vol. II, par 2-166 to 2-193 (unofficial translation).373 Regent Taxi & Transport v. La Congregation des Petits Freres de Marie, 1929 S.C.R. 650 (summary).384 Syndicat des cols bleus v. Coll, CAQ, AZ-50549869 (2009), (unofficial translation of Soquij summary).386 Hercules Management Ltd. v. Ernst Young (1997) S.C.R. 165 (summary of pp. 1 to 8).387 Bank of Montreal v. Bail Ltee, (1992) S.C.R. 554 (pp. 554 to 561, 580 to 585).395 Savard v. 2329-1297 Quebec Inc. (2005) R.J.Q. 1997 (CAQ), paras. 92 to 99 (unofficial translation).409 Prof. B. Grunewald, Opinion on auditor’s liability under the tort laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, (March 2000).411 List of Questions.423 5. Contracts: Protection of Weaker Parties (week 11) ***Please read Arts. 1399-1408, 1416-1439 CCQ & Consumer Protection Act (included in the Code as Appendix )*** Simon Whittaker & Reinhard Zimmerman, “Good Faith in European Contract law: Surveying the legal landscape” in Good Faith in European Contract Law, (Cambridge, 2000), pp. 16- 39.424 Catherine Valcke, “On Comparing French and English Contract Law: Insights from Social Contract Theory”, IV J. Comp. Law, 69 (2009).437 Frederick H. Lawson, “Laesio enormis ’ in Selected Essays, Vol. II (The Comparison) (Elsevier North-FIolland, 1977), chapter 13, pp. 316-317.455 R. Zimmerman, The Law of Obligations (Clarendon, 1996), pp. 255-56, 259-70.456 Ruth Sefton-Green, “A Vision of Social Justice in French Private Law: Paternalism and Solidarity”, in H. Micklitz (ed), The Many Concepts of Social Justice in European Private Law 237 (Elgar Publishing, 2011).463 Grenier v. Thauvette [1969] CS 159.474 List of Questions.481 VI. Epilogue: Legal Education (week 12) Catherine Valcke, “Legal Education in a ‘Mixed Jurisdiction’: The Quebec Experience”, 10 Tulane European & Civil Law Forum 61 (1995). 481