Talk:Public law

message: the current version confuses two different distinctions:  public law vs. private law and Common law vs statute or Roman law.  English common law is one particular legal system, which includes both civil and criminal matters.  In political science, the term "public law" is used only for the law (whether constitutional or statute) that constitutes or governs state authorities and agencies. Mikedelsol 11:17, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed as suggested. Littledogboy (talk) 15:26, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common Law 

message: the English presumption of innocence in a criminal trial, which is contrary to the French presumption of guilt is incorrect unless it is supposed to say perhaps something about the French legal system in the 18th or early 19th centuries. 
Presumption_of_innocence#The_fundamental_right says:
In France, article 9 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, of constitutional value, says "Everyone is supposed innocent until having been declared guilty." and the preliminary article of the code of criminal procedure says "any suspected or prosecuted person is presumed to be innocent until their guilt has been established". The jurors' oath reiterates this assertion. --Espoo (talk) 22:29, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyway, not within the scope of this article. Littledogboy (talk) 15:26, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Presumption of Innocence 

message: How an Act becomes a Public Law ?. --Nopetro (talk) 12:35, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: A Public Act = a Public Law (a type of Act of Parliament/Congress in the UK/US). Not to be confused with Public law (an area of law covered in this article). Littledogboy (talk) 15:26, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  From Act to Public Law 

message: From what I understand, the delineation of responsibilities between the federal and provincial governments in Canada is that the private law is solely responsibility of the provinces, with one and a half exceptions (bankruptcy being purely federal and corporate law being an area of concurrent responsibility), while the public law (outside of provincial taxes, provincial administrative law, etc., etc., etc.) is the (pardon the pun) province of the federal government. (1) Am I wrong? (2) If I'm right, does anyone have a source for this? Lockesdonkey (talk) 03:40, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: You're wrong (sorry to be blunt). Public law emerges from all three levels of government, as it is the law behind relationships between individuals and the state. If a provincial legislature passes a law concerning education (which is solely a provincial matter), that law falls within the domain of public law. The same if parliament passes a law regarding defense (solely federal). As for the examples you mentioned. Bankruptcy: yes. Corporate law: no, it's governed by federal law but managed by the provinces. JapanOfGreenGables (talk) 09:48, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canada 

message: I am not a lawyer. I have no background in law. My understanding of common law and the Magna Carta is shakey at best. I'm utterly confused as to why the Magna Carta is so important that it gets a subheading link when it isn't even mentioned in the section otherwise. puggo (talk) 00:49, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  How does the Magna Carta factor in for "Public law in civil law and common law jurisdictions"? 

message: When one searched "public law" on Wikipedia, it redirects to the page for Act of Congress rather than this page. Should this be corrected? I will also add this question to the talk page for Act of Congress.JapanOfGreenGables (talk) 04:23, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changing redirect on wikipedia for public law? 

message: Is the 3rd paragraph needed?...... Sorry if its obvious I'm still reading and trying to learn all this. ThorOdinsonThor (talk) 16:32, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question