Canadian Government Publications for Law Students

Canadian Government Publications for Law Students

<p> Canadian Legal Resources</p><p>BILLS: . Parliamentary website, including LEGISInfo (www.parl.gc.ca/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Lang=E) . U of A Print Collection: House of Commons Bills 1960-present: GOV DOC CA1 XB - UA Weir Law Library Senate Bills: 1960-present: GOV DOC CA1 - YB UA Weir Law Library</p><p>See: U of A Libraries web page - Government Info - Canada - Parliamentary Publications http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/government/canfederal/index.cfm#parliamentary</p><p>LEGISLATION: Full text Search tools</p><p>Canada Gazette Table of Public Statutes Part III – Public Acts of Parliament and their [Law Library Reference desk] enactment proclamations - to find Federal Statutes and track amendments [KE 91 UA Weir Law Library] Canadian Current Law Legislation Annual Part II – Statutory Instruments (Regulations) (Canada, Provinces & Territories) [KE 119 C212 pt.II UA Weir Law Library] [KE 173 UA Weir Law Reference] . Statutes Enacted Acts of the Parliament of Canada - Monthly issues of current year gives Progress [KE 89 UA Weir Law Library] of Bills . Statutes Amended, Repealed, or Proclaimed in Consolidated Statutes and Regulations Force http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/search.html . Regulations (Justice Canada website) – can also search by keyword. NOT OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. Commercial databases such as LawSource (E- - “consolidated” means that amendments Carswell) and QuickLaw (changes to legislation) have been slotted into - these also contain full text the text of the act or regulation, so that you can read it as a single text. Consolidations are for convenience only and are not official documents.</p><p>To connect with case law: Canadian Abridgement Statute Citator (Canada, Provinces & Territories) [KE 173 UA Weir Law Reference] See: U of A Libraries web page - Government Info - Canada - Justice, Law, Supreme Court http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/government/canfederal/index.cfm#justice</p><p>CASE LAW: Major cases are published in case reporters. Some reporters are government publications, and some are commercial publications. Online legal databases that include case reports can also include “unreported decisions”. . The major print finding tool is: Canadian Current Law Case Digests [KE 173 - UA Weir Law Reference] - also known as The Canadian Abridgement. Indexes cases and provides summaries.</p><p>Fulltext databases: Examples of Print Case Reporters: . National Reporter System . National Reporter . Dominion Law Reports . Dominion Law Reports Plus . Canadian Human Rights . Canadian Human Rights Reporter Reporter . Supreme Court Reports . CCH Online . Canadian Criminal Cases . Quicklaw</p><p>LIS517 Government Information, Spring 2004 Legal Resources</p>

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