1991 (in force 1994) · Civil codes

Civil Code of Québec

Quebec (Canada)

A modern civil code for Quebec, the civil-law province of Canada. It replaced the code of 1866.

Why it matters

It shows a civil code working inside a common-law country.

Built on

1804

French Civil Code (Napoleonic Code)

France

the earlier Quebec code was modelled on the French code

Went on to shape

No later text on this timeline is recorded as built on it.

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Canada

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