The law in everyday life

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Understand the rules behind everyday situations and know which questions to bring to a professional.

How to study it

Start with the key points at the top of each lesson. They state the rule in a few sentences.
Underlined terms open a definition, so you do not need the vocabulary in advance.
The lessons explain the law in general. For your own situation, speak with a lawyer or notary.

The syllabus

1. Enjoyment and Exercise of Civil Rights
  The rights every person holds, and when someone else must act for you.
  Persons & Civil Rights
  Up next16 minStep 1
2. The Quebec Civil Case: From Dispute to Outcome
  What actually happens when a dispute goes to court.
  Civil Procedure
  7 minStep 2
3. Small-Claims Procedure in Quebec
  How the Small Claims Division works and who may represent you there.
  Civil Procedure
  13 minStep 3
From the course Obligations & Contracts
1. Obligations and Contracts: Series Overview
  Why an agreement can bind you, and what the Civil Code does with it.
  22 minStep 4
2. Sale and Consumer Protection: Cluster Overview
  Your protections when you buy, especially from a merchant.
  22 minStep 5
3. Residential Tenancy Rules
  The rules of a residential lease, for tenants and landlords.
  18 minStep 6
From the course Civil Responsibility
1. General Conditions of Civil Liability for Personal Acts
  Fault, injury and causation: when harm must be repaired.
  22 minStep 7
2. Prescription in Quebec Civil Law
  How long you have before a claim is lost.
  18 minStep 8
From the course Family Law
1. Family Law in Quebec: Conjugal Regimes and Parental Union
  How a couple’s legal status shapes the rules that apply to them.
  21 minStep 9
2. Spousal and Child Support in Quebec
  Who owes support to whom, and how amounts are set.
  27 minStep 10
3. Family Patrimony in Quebec: Assets, Deductions and Partition
  Which assets spouses share when a marriage or civil union ends.
  23 minStep 11
From the course Individual Employment Relations
1. Existence, formation and content of the employment contract
  When you are an employee, and what your contract contains.
  16 minStep 12
2. Performance of Work, Hours and Protected Leave
  Hours of work, overtime and the leaves the law protects.
  17 minStep 13
3. Psychological, Sexual, and Discriminatory Harassment at Work
  What counts as harassment at work, and the employer’s duties.
  17 minStep 14
From the course General Principles of Criminal Law
1. Introduction to General Criminal Law
  Where criminal law comes from and how a charge is analyzed.
  9 minStep 15
2. Classification of Offences
  The kinds of offences, and why the label matters.
  11 minStep 16
3. Sentencing Principles
  How a judge decides on a sentence.
  13 minStep 17

An independently curated sequence. Every lesson also lives in its own course, and your progress is shared between the two.