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Attorney
General Masères' Criticisms of Governor Carleton's Report
on the Laws of the Province, 1769
Document Summary:
Masères disapproves of Carleton's
plan to revive French civil
law, as:
- It is inconsistent with the king's former plans for the province.
- It will make administering justice difficult for English inhabitants
of Québec.
- It will remind the inhabitants of their former rulers (i.e.:
France).
- It will discourage English settlers from coming to the province.
Furthermore, Masères does not believe anyone is distressed
at the English laws. He recommends a code of laws that combine
English and French civil and criminal laws selectively. Otherwise,
he feels English criminal law should continue in parallel with
French laws regarding tenures, etc.
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