LEGAL RESEARCH BOOTCAMP IICanadian and International Primary SourcesTuesday, April 28

David H. MichelsSir James Dunn Law Library

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

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

Canadian Primary SourcesLegislation – 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

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

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/

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

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

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• WestlawNext Canada• LexisNexis Quicklaw

• “In the Wild”• BAILII - http://www.bailii.org• Legislation Office - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/

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

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

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/