Legal Research by Topic

• Author: Ted Tjaden
• Profession: Faculty of Law and Faculty of Information Sciences University of Toronto
• Pages: 158-235

CHAPTER

8

LEGAL

RESEARCH

BY

TOPIC

This chapter provides information

on

Canadian legal resources, broken

down into

the

following

forty-five

topics:

A.

Aboriginal

law

B.

Administrative

law

C.

Alternative

dispute

resolution (ADR)

D.

Banking

law

E.

Bankruptcy

and

insolvency

law

E

Charities

and

not-for-profit

law

G.

Civil procedure

H.

Communications

law

I.

Competition

and

anti-trust

law

J.

Constitutional

and

human rights

law

K.

Construction

law

L.

Contract

and

agency

law

M.

Corporate

and

partnership

law

N.

Criminal

law

O.

Crown

law

P.

Damages

law

Q.

Debtor/creditor

law

R.

Education

law

S.

Employment

law

T.

Environmental

and

natural resources

law

U.

Evidence

law

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Legal

Research

by

Topic

159

V

Family

law

W.

Health

and

medical

law

X.

Immigration

and

refugee

law

Y.

Insurance

law

Z.

Intellectual property/e-commerce

law

AA.

International

and

foreign

law

BB.

Introduction

to

law/legal

systems

CC.

Labour

law

DD.

Landlord

and

tenant/commercial

leasing

law

EE.

Legal practice

FE

Media/defamation

law

GG.

Motor vehicle

and

transportation

law

HH.

Municipal

and

planning

law

II.

Occupational health

and

safety

law

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

Applicable

title

for the

Canadian

Encyclopedic

Digest

(CED)

Applicable

volume

for the

Canadian

Abridgment1

(Can. Abr.)

Relevant

Quicklaw databases,

if any

Print case

law

reporters

(full

text),

if any

Journals,

if any

CD-ROMs,

if any

1 At the

time

of

publication

of

this book, Carswell

had

started

to

publish

in

installments

a

third edition

of the

Canadian Abridgment (see

the

discussion

in

Chapter

2 for

more information).

As

such,

the

references

to

volumes

of the

Canadian

Abridgment

in

this chapter will

be to the

second edition, unless

the

third edition

is

indicated. Over

the

course

of

time, readers should consult

the

actual

volumes

of the

Canadian Abridgment

on the

shelf

as

volumes

of the

sec-

ond

edition

are

converted into

a

third edition since

the

volume numbers

and

some topics will most likely change

as the

third edition

is

rolled out.

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LEGAL

RESEARCH

AND

WRITING

Relevant

Web

sites,

if any

Leading

textbooks

Readers

should

use

this chapter when they

are

starting

a new

legal

research

project. Once

the

applicable broad area

of law has

been

iden-

tified

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.

Not

always included

in the

lists

below

are

annotated

or

consolidated

books

of

legislation

(of

which there

are

often

many), which provide

a

convenient albeit

unofficial

source

of

legislation, usually with commen-

tary

or

other value-added

features,

such

as

summaries

of

leading cases

that have considered particular sections

of

legislation.

To

check

for

more

recent

editions

of the

materials listed below

or for

more materials, con-

sult

one of the

online library catalogues listed

in

Chapter

2 or

visit

the

Web

sites

of the

major

Canadian legal publishers (listed

in

Table

9.1).

A.

ABORIGINAL

LAW

Scope Aboriginal

law in

Canada

is

governed largely

by

federal legislation

such

as the

Indian

Act,

R.S.C.

1985,

c.

1-5,

an Act

administered

by the

Department

of

Indian

and

Northern

Affairs.

Case

law is

highly rele-

vant

and

often

involves

issues

of

constitutional

law and

fiduciary law.

Subject Native peoples

—

Canada

—

Legal status, laws,

etc.

headings

Indians

of

North America

—

Canada

—

Legal status, laws,

etc.

Indigenous peoples

—

Canada

—

Legal status, laws,

etc.

CED

Title

77,

Vol.

16:

Indians

Can.

Abr. Vol.

1:

Aboriginal

Law

(3d)

Quicklaw

Aboriginal

law —

Global Database:

ABRT

(includes individual

databases, including

the

Canadian Native

Law

Reporter

—

data-

base:

CNLR)

Case

law

Canadian Native

Law

Reporter (University

of

Saskatchewan, Native

reporters

Law

Centre,

1979)

Journals

Indigenous

Law

Journal

(University

of

Toronto, Faculty

of

Law, 2002)

CD-ROMs

Treaties

with

Canada/Aboriginal

Land Claims: British Columbia

(Carswell)

Treaties

with

Canada/Aboriginal

Land Claims: North (Carswell)