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Relationship between Common Law and Equity

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Explain the relationship between common law and equity in the development of our legal system. What important feature distinguishes the Civil Codes (used in Quebec and continental Europe) from common law?

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Solution distinguishes the relationship between common law and equity in the development of our legal system.

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Please note that common law contains the body of legal precedents that have been compiled from past decisions by courts. Over time, these past decisions become the benchmarks that form the rules which common law judges subsequently use so as to rule upon their cases. On the other hand, courts ...

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