Which one of the following statements is not accurate with respect to the Canadian legal system?
A) The three major components of present Canadian law are the common law, equity, and statutes.
B) The traditional supremacy of Parliament to make law has been limited to some extent by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
C) The full normal route of a civil action is from a provincial trial court to a provincial Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
D) The principle of stare decisis provides that courts within a province are bound to follow previous decisions on the same legal point from the courts of other provinces.
E) The original Canadian Constitution is now known as the Constitution Act, 1867.

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The principle of stare decisis provides that courts within a jurisdiction are bound to follow previous decisions on the same legal point from courts within the same jurisdiction, not from courts of other jurisdictions. Therefore, statement D is not accurate as it refers to courts of other provinces.

Which One of the Following Statements Is Not Accurate with Respect