SOURCES OF THE LAW. By this expression is understood the authority from which the laws derive their force.
"... principle of complementarity reflected in ... the Interpretation Act ... (that) both the common law and the civil law are equally authoritative and recognized sources of the law of property and civil rights in Canada."
REFERENCES: ...
Brunner, The Sources of the Law of England, trans. by W. Hastie (1888); Sir R. K. Wilson, History of Modern English Law (1875); A. V. Dicey, Law and Public Opinion in England (1905); Sir J. F. Stephen, History of the Criminal Law of England (3 vols.
 See also: Secret, Statute, Service, Term, Will
  
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