Canadian Tresspass Law is directly descended from UK Trespass Law, well,
except in Quebec, where it's from French Law (Quebec is unique in that
it has Civil Law instead of Common Law for anything not defined by the
Federal Government)
US Tresspass Law is inspired by Common Law, but as with any US law, it
can be sustantially different and may differ significantly from state to
state.
-Adam
Mark Roberts wrote:
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There certainly are trespass laws in Britain. I'm currently taking a law
course as a requirement for my master's degree at Duquesne University
and we just covered trespass. (I just got back from an exam on that very
subject not 20 minutes ago!) American trespass law is based on English
common law. I'd wager Canadian trespass law is also, so perhaps Knarf
can fill us in some more. Anyway, property rights in Britain, including
trespass, are at least partly based on the writings of John Locke.
In case anyone's wondering, the course I'm taking *is* required for my
degree and it's proving to be a fascinating experience. The stuff I've
learned about basic contract law alone will probably pay for the course.
Trespass, interestingly enough, has been applied successfully in
Internet applications (hence its inclusion in the course I'm taking).
You wouldn't think ideas about private property proposed by John Locke
hundreds of years ago would have much application in cyberspace, but
trespass laws *have* been successfully used in Internet cases. See
CompuServe v. Cyber Promotions (a case we studied in detail), for
example.
