Reference Internet Resources

Subject Reference

Law — Canada

ACJNet - Access to Justice Network

www.acjnet.org/splash/default.aspx

Comprehensive site for Canadian law and justice resource materials. The Canadian Law section provides access to Canadian primary legal materials, such as statutes, administrative decisions, cases, and by-laws. The Resource Centre provides access to reference sources, legal FAQs, lesson plans, online law journals, and law-related web sites. The Services section provides access to legal directories and a wide range services in law and justice. Includes helpful site map.

Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research

http://LegalResearch.org/

Comprehensive guide to doing legal research. Also provides links to researching law of other countries.

Bibliothèque de droit de l'Université Laval

www.bibl.ulaval.ca/mieux/chercher/portails/droit

Extensive list of legal resources for Quebec, Canada and the world.

Bora Laskin Law Library - University of Toronto Faculty of Law

www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/

Provides links to legal resources, women's human rights resources, University of Toronto Law Faculty of Law Review, research guides and publications.

CanLII: Canadian Legal Information Institute

www.canlii.org/

A Federation of Law Societies of Canada initiative for the public distribution of Canadian primary legal material. Provides links to federal and provincial court reports.

Department of Justice Canada

http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/index.html

Home page of the federal Department of Justice. The Laws section provides access to the Consolidated Statutes and Regulations as well as constitutional texts, major statutes, and other related statutory resources. The Canadian Justice System section provides access to federal legal information and links to online publications on Canada's System of Justice and Canada's Court System. The Publications section links to web-accessible departmental publications.

Doing Legal Research in Canada

www.llrx.com/features/ca.htm

This page is an online guide to doing legal research in Canada authored by Ted Tjaden, University of Toronto. The guide provides information and links to print and online resources and is aimed primarily at researchers outside of Canada needing an overview of Canadian legal research.

JURIST Canada: the Education Network

http://jurist.law.utoronto.ca/

"A clearinghouse of academically-authored and other quality-controlled Canadian legal resources".

Law-related Internet Resources

http://library.osgoode.yorku.ca/mr/internetreses.htm

Maintained by Osgoode Hall Law Library, York University.

Legal Literature

www.fis.utoronto.ca/courses/LIS/2133/index.htm

This site is an online textbook on legal research for law librarians created by the University of Toronto Faculty of Information Studies instructor Ted Tjaden. Includes guide to British, American, and international legal resources.

LexUM

www.LexUM.UMontreal.CA/index_en.html

LexUM's WWW server of the Centre de recherche en droit public at the Faculty of Law at University of Montreal is one of Canada's foremost law sites and the main Internet source on Quebec law. Links to international law sites.

LLMC Digital (access limited to LAC on-site users)

http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/l/llmc/

Searchable, digitized collections of legal and government documents. Includes both historic and more recent Canadian federal and provincial legislation and legal materials.

Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Legal and Constitutional Information

www.collectionscanada.ca/services/005-1130-e.html

A selective collection of links maintained by Library and Archives Canada to both official and non-official Web sites providing access to primary legal materials (legislation and case law) as well as secondary materials such as research guides.

Overview of Sources of Canadian Law on the Web

www.llrx.com/features/canadian4.htm

Annotated listing of web sites at federal and provincial levels: meta sites, statutes and regulations, case law, governments. Compiled by Louise Tsang, York University Law Library.