Canadian Chat → Unmarried Que. couples have no right to alimony court rules

Unmarried Quebec couples who live together and then split up are not entitled to the same rights as legally married couples, when it comes to spousal support, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.

»ca.news.yahoo.com/quebec ··· 596.html

Quebec has civil law as per the french, the rest has Common Law as per the english....I don't see the problem here, the laws of the land are the laws of the land, either a) change the laws or b) move.

So, nothing to see here really. Supreme court holding up the law of the land.

so what does common law really mean then?

English Common Law as practised in Canada, UK and the USA and many other countries is based on centuries of precedent. This is a different approach from the civil law of France and Quebec which is based on codification of what is right and what is wrong. The French system goes back to Napoleon. The English system is much older going back to the 11th century at least.

-Bob

Although it's hard to tell from the title, there is already a thread open on this subject. Tradition says , it wins.

»The end. Or is it?