Supreme court

The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. In the United States, for example, there is a federal Supreme Court as well as supreme courts within most of the states. However, some jurisdictions do not use the phrase "Supreme Court" in naming their highest courts, as described below.

Quebec

While the rest of Canada uses the system of common law, Quebec has codified its civil law sources in the Civil Code of Quebec. It is interpreted by the Courts of Quebec amongst which the highest court is the Quebec Court of Appeal (no letter "s" in the word "Appeal"). Unlike most other civil-law jurisdictions the principles of stare decisis do apply in Quebec in an unofficial manner and thus it is often called a mixed system (système mixte). It must be noted however that any decision of the Quebec Court of Appeal can be appealed in front of the Supreme Court of Canada. By convention, 3 judges of the Supreme Court come from Quebec in order to be able to rule on matters pertaining to Quebec civil law.

Related Topics:
Quebec - Civil Code of Quebec - Court of Appeal - Supreme Court of Canada

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