Index

• Author: Ted Tjaden
• Profession: National Director of Knowledge Management McMillan LLP
• Pages: 413-420

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INDEX

Abbreviations, understand ing. See Dic-

tionaries

Aboriginal law, 189–90

Administrative law, 191–93

Agency law. See Contract and agency law

Agreements. See Legal wr iting

Alternat ive dispute resolution (ADR),

193– 95

American Jurisprudence (A mJur), 52

American La w Reports, 52

Appellate court s. See also Supreme Court

of Canada

generall y, 96–101

High Court of Austr alia, 101

role of in judicial sy stem, 97

Supreme Court of Can ada, 97–98

Supreme Court of the Un ited King-

dom, 99

United States Supr eme Court, 100

Australa sian Legal Informat ion Institute

(AustL II), 126

Banking law, 195–97

Bankrupt cy and insolvency law, 197–99

BestCase, 106, 148, 225, 373. See also

Canada Law Book

Bills

committee debates, 75

def‌inition, 395

f‌irst readi ng versions, 75

generall y, 74–79

legislative pro cess, as part of, 75–77

private bills, 77

private member bil ls, 77

public bills, 77

second readin g versions, 75

third reading versions, 76

Bluebook. See Citation, le gal

Blogs, 63, 113, 118, 130–31, 188, 316,

319–20, 395

Books. See Treat ises

Boolean operat ors, 117, 396

British and I rish Legal Informat ion

Institute (BAI LII), 107, 126

Butterworths Canada. See LexisNexis

Canada

Buying legal resources. See also Licens-

ing; Managi ng a law library

criteri a for selecting, 290–93

deciding bet ween print and electron-

ic resources, 288– 90

managin g a law library, 293–94

negotiating licences for electronic

resources, 294–96