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Legal Research Bootcamp II

Legal Research Bootcamp II. Canadian and International Primary Sources Tuesday, April 28 David H. Michels Sir J ames Dunn Law Library. Introduction. Questions and Comments from Day 1 Friday Webinar Dalhousie Libraries Research Bootcamp. Canadian Primary Sources.

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Legal Research Bootcamp II

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  1. Legal Research Bootcamp II Canadian and International Primary Sources Tuesday, April 28 David H. Michels Sir James Dunn Law Library

  2. Introduction • Questions and Comments from Day 1 • Friday Webinar • Dalhousie Libraries Research Bootcamp

  3. Canadian Primary Sources Legislation – Statutes and Regulations Where do I find current in force Federal Statutes and Regulations online? • “In the Wild” Sources • CanLII – Consolidated Statutes, Point-in-Time versions, • Justice Laws (Official) – Consolidated Statutes, Annual Statutes, Consolidated Regulations, Table of Public Statutes • Subscription Services • Westlaw Canada – Consolidated Statutes • LexisNexis Quicklaw – Consolidated Statutes

  4. Canadian Primary Sources Legislation – Statutes and Regulations Where do I find current in force Provincial Statutes and Regulations online? “In the Wild” Sources • CanLII – Current Statutes • Provincial Websites – Current Statutes, Annual Statutes, Current Regulations • http://dal.ca.libguides.com/Legislation?hs=a Subscription Sources • WestlawNext Canada – Consolidated Statutes & Regulations • LexisNexis Quicklaw – Consolidated Statutes & Regulations

  5. Canadian Primary Sources Legislation – Legislative Histories Where do I find the history of a Federal Statutes online? • CanLII – Point-in-Time versions (Varies, from 2000) • Justice Laws • Statute Section Notes (1985- ) • Table of Public Statutes (1985- ) • Annual Laws (2001-) • LegisInfo • Bills – Version, Status • Hansard – Readings and Debates • Committee – Hearings, Reports, and Evidence

  6. Canadian Primary Sources Legislation – Legislative Histories Where do I find the history of a Provincial Statute online? • Nova Scotia • CanLII – Nova Scotia Statutes and Regulations • House of Assembly – Annual Statutes (1998-), Consolidates Statutes http://nslegislature.ca/legc/index.htm • NS Department of Justice – Regulations http://www.novascotia.ca/just/regulations/consregs.htm • House of Assembly – Bills (1998-) • Nova Scotia legislature – Hansard (1995-) and Committees http://nslegislature.ca/

  7. Canadian Primary Sources Legislation – Legislative Histories Where do look to find Legislative materials in print? • Annual Statutes and Office Consolidations • Bills (First Reading) • Statutes Citators • Table of Public Statutes and Responsible Ministers • End of the Annual Volumes • Stand Alone Tables • Indices of the Debates of the House of Commons • Current Law – Legislative Summaries

  8. Canadian Primary Sources Cases Where do I find relevant caselaw? • Institutional Sources • LexisNexis Academic • Subscription Sources • WestlawNext Canada • LexisNexisQuicklaw • Maritime Law Book • “In the Wild” Sources • CanLII • Court Websites e.g SCC http://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/en/nav.do

  9. Foreign and Int’l Primary Sources United Kingdom Where do I find U.K. Legislation and Case-law? • Institutional Resources • LexisNexis Academic – U.K. Legislation, U.K. Cases • Justcite – U.K. Cases Citations and Finder • Subscription Resources • WestlawNextCanada • LexisNexis Quicklaw • “In the Wild” • BAILII - http://www.bailii.org • Legislation Office - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/

  10. Foreign and Int’l Sources United States - Legislation Where do I find U.S. Federal Law • U.S. Code or Public Laws • U.S. Code is the integrated corpus of Federal Legislation arranged by topic – 42 USC §1800 (2010) • Public Laws are the individual annual statutes passed by Congress. These are recorded in the Statutes at Large publication series and later integrated into the U.S. Code under the appropriate topic. – The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, Pub L No 95-608, 92 Stat 3069

  11. Foreign and Int’l Sources United States Legislation Where do I find U.S. Federal Law? • Subscription Sources • WestlawNext Canada – U.S.C.A, U.S.C. • LexisNexis Quicklaw – U.S.C. • “In the Wild” Sources • Code - U.S. House of Representatives (Official) http://uscode.house.gov/ • Cornell LII https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text • Bills Summary and Status – Cornell LII http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php

  12. Foreign and Int’l Sources International Where do I find International Law • Canadian Treaty Series www.treaty-accord.gc.ca/ • United Nations Treaty Series https://treaties.un.org/ • International Legal Materials - Hein Online • WorldLII - http://www.worldlii.org/int/special/treaties/

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