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CIVIL CODE
While the legal system in English Canada is dependent on common law and the principle of stare decisis, the Quebec civil code is derived from the French Civil Code and to some extent the Roman Code. In this system law is codified and judges look to the written law to determine essential principles and then are free to apply those principles to a specific case. They are not bound by precedent as is the case in a common law system. See: COMMON LAW / STARE DECISIS / .

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