Quebec is a civil law province. The rest of Canada is common law. A jury trial in Quebec is under the orders of the judge/magistrate. The jury has to follow the judge's orders, and essentially is only an advisory team for the judge. The jury is only used in Quebec for bigger crimes. In the rest of Canada, the jury has power greater than the judge/magistrate. If the Bundys in Oregon had been tried in Quebec for the same crimes, they would have lost, because the Quebec jury wouldn't have had the power to free them even if they wanted to. Quebec civil law.