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Legal Research Jumpstart: Primary Legal Materials

Where to find them. How to track current bills. How to find history of ... Internet archive. Eg. Privacy Act (next screen) Statutes. History of Statutes. 66. ...

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Legal Research Jumpstart: Primary Legal Materials

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    Slide 1:Legal Research Jumpstart: Primary Legal Materials Daniel Perlin Reference Librarian Wednesday May 6th, 2009

    Slide 2:Primary Materials Introduction to Primary Materials Canadian Legislation Canadian Case Law Other primary materials

    Slide 3:Canadian Legislation Bills and Statutes Where to find them How to track current bills How to find history of a statute How to see if a statute is being judicially considered Regulations Where to find them

    Slide 4:Where to find them QL, WL, CANLII, Justice Canada, E-laws Legislative Assembly or Parliament (Bills only) How to track current bills Parliament or Legislative Assembly websites Canadian Legislative Pulse Searching for history of statutes (amendments) Table of Public statues at end of most recent Statutes of Canada eg. Justice Canada (only for Federal statutes) Statute citator – in print or online (Canada Statute Service) QL – point in time (only back to 1998) E-laws Parliamentary Debates Internet archive Eg. Privacy Act (next screen) Statutes

    Slide 5:History of Statutes 66. The Privacy Commissioner or any person acting on behalf or under the direction of the Commissioner is not a competent or compellable witness, in respect of any matter coming to the knowledge of the Commissioner or that person as a result of performing any duties or functions under this Act during an investigation, in any proceeding other than a prosecution for an offence under this Act, a prosecution for an offence under section 131 of the Criminal Code (perjury) in respect of a statement made under this Act, a review before the Court under this Act or an appeal therefrom. R.S., 1985, c. P-21, s. 66; R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 187.

    Slide 6:Canadian Legislation Statutes judicially considered Carswell’s Statutes Judicially Considered in print (next slide) QL Westlaw

    Slide 8:Regulations Where to find them Canada Gazette Part II (Federal) Ontario Gazette (each Province) E-laws Justice Canada How to do history of regulations Same principle as statutes – Keep going back! Eg. Consolidated Index of Statutory Instruments in Canada Gazette Part II

    Slide 9:Canadian case law How to find unreported cases trials QL WL All Canada Weekly Summaries – in print, Best Case CANLII How to find cases by subject Canadian Abridgment – in print and in WL QL WL

    Slide 10:Canadian Case Law How to note up cases QL – Quickcite WL Canadian Case Citations – in print (next slide) How to track current case law QL WL By a specific case Go to court websites

    Slide 12:Other Primary Materials Committee reports Royal Commissions

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