Legal Information: Additional Resources

Guides to Canadian legal research

• Canadian Legal Information Institute [CanLII] (a superb encyclopedic resource)
• Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research (from UBC)
• Guide to Legal Research (from the U of Toronto. Bora Laskin Law Library)
• Doing Legal Research in Canada by Ted Tjaden (lawyer/law librarian at the Bora Laskin Law Library, U of Toronto)

Associations and organizations

• Scholarly Societies: Law (Created by compilers at the University of Waterloo Library, this site provides links to legal scholarly societies around the world. )
• B.C. Crime Prevention Pages (This site provides a directory of crime prevention organizations available by region in British Columbia. )
• National Institute of Corrections (Provides access to resources, targeted toward corrections practitioners and research.)

Canadian

• Canadian Bar Association
• Federation of Law Societies of Canada
• Law Society of Upper Canada

American

• American Bar Association

Government information

British Columbia

• Revised Statutes & Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia
• Ministry of Attorney General

Canada

• Canada. Department of Justice
• Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
• Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA)
• Canada Firearms Centre (CAFC)
• Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
• Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
• National Parole Board (NPB)

Directories of law schools

• Guide to law schools in Canada.  KE 289 P87 1992
• Law School Rankings and Directories (This resource includes Canadian Law Schools although the rankings cover only the United States.)

 Statutes

• Consolidated Statutes and Regulations of Canada
• Revised Statutes and Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia
• Canada: Access to Justice Network/Legislative Materials
• The Alberta Law Collection. Digitized, point-in-time legislation.

Commissions

• British Columbia Royal and Special Commissions, 1872-1980

Special topics

• Aboriginal Law: Cases, Treaties, Land Claims, etc.
• Click Law
• Forensics
• Secession of Quebec [1998] 2 S. C. R: 217 (The Department of Justice referred the Secession of Quebec to the Supreme Court. This is the decision handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada in August 1998.)