A. Aboriginal Law

AuthorTed Tjaden
ProfessionNational Director of Knowledge Management McMillan LLP
Pages186-190

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This chapter provides information on Canadian legal resources, broken down into the following forty-five law-related topics:

  1. Aboriginal law

  2. Administrative law

  3. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)

  4. Banking law

  5. Bankruptcy and insolvency law

  6. Charities and not-for-profit law

  7. Civil procedure

  8. Communications law

    I. Competition and antitrust law

  9. Constitutional and human rights law

  10. Construction law

    L. Contract and agency law

  11. Corporate and partnership law

  12. Criminal law

  13. Crown law

  14. Damages and remedies law

  15. Debtor/creditor law

  16. Education law

  17. Employment law

  18. Environmental and natural resources law

  19. Evidence law

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    V. Family law

  20. Health and medical law

    X. Immigration and refugee law

  21. Insurance law

  22. Intellectual property law/e-commerce law AA. International and foreign law

    BB. Introduction to law/legal systems

    CC. Labour law

    DD. Landlord and tenant law/commercial leasing EE. Legal practice

    FF. Media law/defamation

    GG. Motor vehicle and transportation law

    HH. Municipal and planning law

    II. Occupational health and safety

    JJ. Pension law

    KK. Personal property security law

    LL. Privacy law

    MM. Property law (real and personal)

    NN. Securities law

    OO. Sports and entertainment law

    PP. Taxation law

    QQ. Tort law

    RR. Trusts, wills, and estates law

    SS. Workers’ compensation law

    Included for each topic is a list of the following information:

    · Short scope note for the topic

    · Library of Congress Subject Headings

    · Leading treatises

    · Journals, if any

    · Encyclopedia titles, as applicable1

    · Case digests, as applicable

    · Print case law reporters (full-text), if any

    · Relevant online databases or CD-ROMS

    · Relevant websites, if any

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    Readers should use this chapter when they are starting a new legal research project. Once the applicable broad area of law has been identified for the problem (e.g., "evidence law"), consult that particular section of this chapter to gain a quick overview of relevant resources for that topic to help reduce the risk of missing any obvious possible sources of information.

    Due to lack of space, the following categories of law-related material were not included in the lists below:

    · Annual "desk copies" of consolidated legislation: The major legal publishers have a number of softcover books published annually of consolidated legislation (e.g., Carswell’s Consolidated Bank Act and Regulations). While these are convenient for some lawyers, they are not included below since they are often only a reprint of statutes and regulations that you can otherwise find online.

    · Casebooks intended for law school courses...

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