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Quebec Civil Law

A structured study guide to the Civil Code of Québec covering persons, property, publication of rights, obligations, contracts, civil liability, procedure, evidence, family law and hypothecs.

  • 9 courses
  • 159 lessons
  • about 45 h
  • English and French
  • Reviewed 13 September 2026

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Persons & Civil Rights

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Courses

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  1. 1

    Persons & Civil Rights

    Identify the person’s status and capacity, select the appropriate representation or support measure, and apply the rules on integrity, privacy, absence and death.

    • 13 lessons
    • 5 parts
    • about 4 h
  2. 2

    Property & Publication of Rights

    Classify property and real rights, analyze possession and ownership, distinguish acquisition and appropriation regimes, and determine the role of administration and publication.

    • 23 lessons
    • 5 parts
    • about 6 h
    • Take after Persons & Civil Rights
  3. 3

    Obligations & Contracts

    Identify the source of an obligation, distinguish the principal contract regimes, and select the relevant remedies.

    • 37 lessons
    • 9 parts
    • about 11 h
  4. 4

    Civil Responsibility

    Analyze fault, injury, causation, and the consequences of civil liability.

    • 16 lessons
    • 4 parts
    • about 5 h
    • Take after Obligations & Contracts
  5. 5

    Civil Procedure

    Follow a civil file from jurisdiction and commencement through judgment and enforcement.

    • 12 lessons
    • 4 parts
    • about 2 h
    • Take after Obligations & Contracts
  6. 6

    Evidence in Quebec Civil Law

    Determine what must be proved, by whom, and through which admissible means.

    • 19 lessons
    • 5 parts
    • about 5 h
    • Take after Civil Procedure
  7. 7

    Family Law

    Identify the applicable family regime and connect it to support, property, and procedural questions.

    • 14 lessons
    • 3 parts
    • about 5 h
    • Take after Obligations & Contracts and Persons & Civil Rights
  8. 8

    Prior Claims & Hypothecs

    Identify the security, test its creation and opposability, rank competing creditors, and choose the applicable enforcement route across eleven core lessons.

    • 11 lessons
    • 3 parts
    • about 3 h
    • Take after Obligations & Contracts
  9. 9

    Medical & Hospital Liability

    Elective

    Apply civil liability and evidence principles to medical and hospital disputes.

    • 14 lessons
    • 5 parts
    • about 4 h
    • Take after Civil Responsibility and Evidence in Quebec Civil Law

About this subject

Note on use

These lessons are educational study material written while preparing for the Québec Bar. They are not legal advice and may not reflect the law in every respect. Verify against the statutes, the case law, and professional sources before relying on anything here.

Citation

Gosnell, J. R., “Quebec Civil Law”, The Law Library (Montréal, 2026), jamesgosnell.com/civil-law.

Author

James R. Gosnell is a Montréal law graduate preparing for the Québec Bar. He writes these lessons while studying and builds legal-technology tools for the lawyers around him.

About the author

Questions

How are subjects and courses related?

A subject is a field of law. Each course inside it is a self-contained syllabus of numbered parts and lessons. Read a course in order; read subjects in any order.

Which course should I start with?

Follow the numbered order on this page. A course that relies on another names it on its card, and each course page lists its prerequisites. For a shorter selected sequence, follow a guided path from the Law Library.

What do the levels mean?

Foundations lessons set the vocabulary and the framework. Core lessons develop the central rules. Advanced lessons explore more detailed regimes and distinctions. These labels indicate depth, not exam priority or permission to skip material.

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Is every lesson available in both languages?

Almost all of them. A lesson not yet out in your language is marked on the course syllabus and in the course list beside each lesson.