Canadian law
Maple leaf legislation
Canadian law is the legal system of Canada, combining British common law traditions (in most provinces) with French civil law (in Quebec), along with constitutional law, federal statutes, and Indigenous legal traditions.
The term often appears in discussions of how Canadian legal approaches differ from American or British ones: Under Canadian law, hate speech restrictions are broader than in the U.S.
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- treaty rightsPact-secured legal entitlements
- constitutional amendmentsFormal changes to governing document
- reasonable limitsFair restrictions on excess
jury trials · torts · judicial review · plea bargaining · police powers · rule of law · bilingualism · regulatory agencies · division of powers · sentencing guidelines · presumption of innocence · crown prosecutor · Indian Act · property law · RCMP · public inquiries · legal precedent · Supreme Court
Canadian lawAmerican law
Legal system of the States
British law · French law · German law · international law · U.S. law
Canadian lawcivil law
Law governing private disputes
Napoleonic Code · Islamic law · religious law · canon law · tribal law
Canadian lawlawlessness
Absence of governing rules
anarchy · mob rule · vigilante justice · rule by decree · despotism