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"La coutume de Paris"?

Are there any sources for this? --134.117.200.239 (talk) 19:24, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- inserted citations and link to wiki article on coutumes. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 04:36, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

External Link to Civil Code

hey... that external link is a 404. anyone know where it's moved to? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.53.42.216 (talk) 13:04, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

- fixed the links. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 04:36, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lawyers in Quebec

Deleted the following sentence: « Advocates are similar but not identical to the all-purpose lawyers of the common law system because Quebec advocates are restricted to litigation and any other contentious legal business (e.g. torts, crimes, will contests, divorces, etc.).»

The sentence is inaccurate and it was actually too inaccurate to save.

First off, the so-called "common law system" does not include as a universal feature the "all-purpose lawyers" mentioned in the sentence. Many common law jurisdictions such as the U.K. and Australia still maintain two distinct legal professions (i.e. barristers and solicitors).

Secondly, Quebec advocates are not "restricted to litigation and other contentious legal business". That statement has no basis in fact or law. Many (perhaps most) advocates never see the inside of a courtroom and spend all their time in what would traditionally be considered non-contentious "solicitor's work". Advocates can perform all legal work except instrumentation of certain deeds which the law requires to be notarial acts (i.e. real estate conveyances, marriage contracts, notarial wills, etc.) and a couple of other specific acts which notaries can do such as officiate at weddings.