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CIVIL LAW INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW OF OBLIGATIONS Professor Catherine Valcke Volume II 1995-1996 BORA LASKIft LAW LiBRARY JAN 17 1996 FAuliY OF LAW Ilf/WFSSITV (IF IfiSSKin BORA LASKIN LAW LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 4 -4i CIVIL LAW: INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW OF OBLIGATIONS Professor Catherine Valcke Volume II 1995-1996 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/civillawintroduc02valc_1 11 CONTENTS NOTE: Materials preceded by a "*" mark are not reproduced in these materials, but should be read in the order suggested IV. CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS 1. Autonomy of the Will - Waline, L’individualisme et le droit, pp. 172-78 .1 - Ranouil, L’autonomie de la volonte: Naissance et evolution d’un concept, pp. 56-59, 70-74, 89-92 .7 2. Consensualism a) Form and Consent - The Institutes, bk III, as translated by Lee, The Elements of Roman Law .... 18 - Lee, The Elements of Roman Law, pp. 340-42 . 22 - The Digest, bk XIX, reproduced in von Mehren, The Civil Law System. pp. 572-77 . 23 - Lee, The Elements of Roman Law, pp. 342-44 . 24 - The Digest, bk II.25 - The Code of Justinian, bk IV .26 - The Institutes, bk II .27 - von Mehren, The Civil Law System, pp. 466-474 . 28 - Arts. 1101-1107 C.N.33 - Arts. 982-990 C.C.L.C. 34 - Arts. 1025, 1472 C.C.L.C. (see p. 170, vol. I) * Arts. 1370, 1378-1385, 1414-1415, 1433-1434 C.C.Q. - Questions.36 Ill b) The Meeting of the Minds * Arts. 1386-1397 C.C.Q. - Kant, The Doctrine of Right (Gregor transl.), p. 92.37 - Owsia, "The Notion and Function of Offer and Acceptance under French and English Law", 66 Tul L. Rev. 871 (1992), pp. 873-888 . 38 - Charlebois v. Baril [1928] R.C.S. 88.44 - von Mehren, The Civil Law System, pp. 474-79 . 45 - Clendenning v. Cox (1916) 49 C.S. 71 .49 - Schmidt, "La sanction de la faute precontractuelle" 72 R.T.D.C. 46 (1974), pp. 47-8.60 - Beaudry v, Randall [1963] S.C.R. 418.70 - Questions.76 c) Pre-Contractual Fault * Arts. 6, 1375 C.C.Q. - Schmidt, "La sanction de la faute precontractuelle" 72 R.T.D.C. 46 (1974), pp. 62- 4 .77 - von Mehren, The Civil Law System, pp. 489-492 . 82 - Kiihne, "Reliance, Promissory Estoppel and Culpa in Contrahendo: A Comparative Analysis" in Tel Aviv University Studies in Law, vol. X, pp. 279-296 (1990). 85 - Questions.95 d) "Cause” and Consideration - Arts. 989-990 C.C.L.C. (see "a) Form and Consent", supra) - Arts. 1368, 1406 Bill 125.96 * Arts. 1371, 1385, 1410-1411 C.C.Q. iv - Wright, "Ought Consideration to Be Abolished?" 49 Harv. L. Rev. 1225 (1936), pp. 1237-38 . 97 - Buckland and McNair, Roman Law and Common Law, pp. 171-77.98 - Lawson, A Common Lawyer Looks at the Civil Law, pp. 157-61. 104 - David, "Cause et consideration" in Melanges Maury. vol.II, pp. 111-22, 130-37 107 - Hutchison v. Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning [1932] S.C.R. 57.125 - Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning v. P. Lvall and Sons Co. [1937] I- 62 B.R. 125 .135 - CIBC v. Mallette [1987] R.J.Q. 96 (C.A.). 142 - Salvas v. Vassal. (1897) 27 S.C.R. 68, as edited by Tancelin, Jurisprudence sur les obligations, pp. 76-7 .144 - Cormier v. Tremblay. [1964] C.S. 518, id., pp. 78-9 . 145 - Questions.146 3. Defects in Consent *Arts. 1416-1424 C.C.Q. - Art. 2 C.P.C.147 - David and Pugsley, Les contrats en droit anglais, pp. 148-49 . 148 - Mignault, Droit civil canadien. vol. 5, pp. 234-40 . 149 - Marty and Raynaud, Droit civil, vol. I, pp. 267-71 . 152 - Rosconi and Lussier v. Dubois and Goulet [1951] S.C.R. 554, as edited by Tancelin, Jurisprudence sur les obligations, pp. 100-01 . 156 a) Error * Arts. 1386, 1399-1401, 1407 C.C.Q. V - Rieg, "Le role de la volonte dans la formation de l’actejuridique d’apres les doctrines allemandes du XIXe siecle" 3 A.P.D. 125 (1957), pp. 125-131 . 157 - von Mehren, The Civil Law System, pp. 493-494 . 163 - Ghestin, Traite de droit civil: les obligations, le contrat. pp. 397-401 . 164 -Arts. 1108-1110 C.N.168 - Arts. 991-992, 1000 C.C.L.C.168 - Baudouin, Les Obligations, pp. 114-122.169 - Forte v. Security Trust Ltd.. (1914) R.J.Q. 201. 174 - Dumoulin v. Rawleigh. (1925) 39 B.R. 241 175 - Rawleigh v. Dumoulin [1926] S.C.R. 551. 178 - Gregoire v. Bechard. (1930) 49 B.R. 27.182 - Faubert v. Poirier [1959] S.C.R. 459 . 186 - Agricultural Chemicals Ltd, v. Boisjoli. [1972] S.C.R. 278 . 189 - Huot v. Ouellette. [1981] C.S. 872 . 191 - Questions.195 b) "Lesion" * Arts. 1405, 1406, 1408, 1432, 1435-1437 C.C.Q. - Nicholas, The French Law of Contract, pp. 136-141. 196 - Litvinoff, "La justice contractuelle" in Conseil de la langue franqaise du Quebec, Codification: valeurs et langage. Actes du colloque international droit civil compare 315 (1981), pp. 315-25.199 - Arts. 1118, 1305-1309, 1311-1314, 1674-1681 C.N. 208 - Socidte economique de Rennes v. Picard Cass. Dec. 28, 1932, D.1933. I. 87 . 209 - Arts. 1001-1012, 1040a-1040e, 1149 C.C.L.C 210 vi - Boutin v. Corporation de finance Belvedere. [1970] C.A.389, as edited in Tancelin, pp. 64-6.212 - Dame Marois v. Dallaire [1970] C.S. 634 . 214 - Comment on Marois v. Dallaire by M. Tancelin, (1971) 12 C. de D. 526-528 218 - Beneficial Finance Co. of Canada Ltd, v. Morasse [1972] C.A. 846 . 220 - Rovnat Ltee v. Les Restaurants la Nouvelle-Orleans Inc. [1976] C.A. 557 . . . 222 - Consumer Protection Act, sections 1-65 (1979). 227 - Neagu v. Motor Sport Rive Sud Inc.. [1978] C.S. 909, as edited by Tancelin, pp. 68- 9 .232 - Normand, "La protection du consommateur" 29 C. de D. 1063 (1988), pp. 1074- 1080 . 233 - Jobin, "Les prochaines dispositions sur 1’exploitation" 10 R.G.D. 132 (1979), pp. 135- 139. 389 . 238 - S. Gaudet, "L’illusion de la lesion" 19 R.D.U.S. 16 (1988). 243 - Questions.251 4. Limits to Freedom of Contract a) Penalty Clauses * Arts. 1622-1625 C.C.Q. - Arts. 1226, 1152, 1231 C.N. (pre-1975) . 252 - Schlesinger, Comparative Law, p. 622 . 252 -Arts. 1076-1078.1, 1131-1137 C.C.L.C.253 - Marsh, "Penal Clauses in Contracts: A Comparative Study" 32 J. Comp. Legis. & Int’l L. 66 (1950), pp. 66-8, 72 . 255 - Benjamin, "Penalties, Liquidated Damages and Penal Clauses in Commercial Contracts: A Comparative Study of English and Continental Law" 9 Int’l & Comp. L. Q. 601 (1960), pp. 606-620 . 257 • • Vll - Baudouin, Le droit civil de la province de Oudbec.pp. 583-593 . 263 - Teinturerie Oudbec v. Lauzon. [1967] B.R. 41, as edited in Tancelin, pp. 693-97 . 267 - Great West Life Assurance Co. v. Codbre [1971] C.S. 541 . 270 - Turcot v. Cibula (1974) C.A. 452 . 274 - Provincial Mobile Inc, v. Lebel (1975) C.S. 134 . 277 - Questions.279 "Ordre public et bonnes moeurs" - Arts. 13, 15, 989-90 (see "b) "Cause” and Consideration" supra) 1080, 1509 C.C.L.C.280 * Arts. 8-9, 1373, 1411, 1413 C.C.Q. - Ghestin, "L’utile et le juste" 1982 D. Chron. 1, pp. 2-10.281 - Tallon, "Considerations sur la notion d’ordre public en droit frangais et en droit anglais" in Melanges Rend Savatier 883 (1965). 289 - Baudoin, Les Obligations, pp. 78-85 . 294 - Renaud v. Lamothe. (1902) S.C.C. 357 . 298 - Klein v. Klein. [1967] C.S. 300 . 305 - Canadian Factors Corp. Ltd v. Cameron [1966] B.R. 921 . 308 - Cataford v. Moreau. [1978] C.S. 933. 316 - Questions 319