Preface

• Author: Ted Tjaden
• Profession: Faculty of Law and Faculty of Information Sciences University of Toronto
• Pages: 19-20

PREFACE

To

the

Second

Edition

Much

has

changed

in

legal research over

the

last

few

years since

the

publication

of the

first

edition

of

this

book. Some

of the

changes incor-

porated

in

this second edition include:

Updates

to

reflect

a new

edition

of the

McGill Guide (5th ed.).

Over

70 new

cases added

on the

recoverability

of

online search

charges

(Chapter

1),

legal

research

and

writing

malpractice

(Chap-

ter

10) and

occupier's liability

and

waivers (Chapter

12,

sample

problem).

Updated copyright analysis

of the

Supreme Court

of

Canada deci-

sion

in CCH

Canadian

Ltd.

v. Law

Society

of

Upper

Canada

and its

impact

on

legal research.

Expanded coverage

of

Australian legal research

(in

addition

to

Cana-

dian, American

and

British coverage).

Updates

to

reflect

the

LexisNexis Canada takeover

of

Quicklaw

and

expanded online coverage

of

WestlaweCARSWELL

and

CCH's Leg-

islativePulse

and the

introduction

of a new

edition

of

Carswell's

Canadian

Abridgment.

New

and

updated illustrations

and

tables.

Expanded

and

updated coverage

of

Internet law-related resources.

An

increase

in the

number

of

topics

in

Chapter

8 —

Legal Research

by

Topic

—

from

34

topics

to 45

topics, including

the

addition

of the

following

11 new

topics: alternative dispute resolution

(ADR),

char-

ities

and

not-for-profit

law, competition

and

anti-trust law, introduc-

tion

to

law/legal systems, legal practice, media law/defamation,

occupational health

and

safety,

pension law, privacy law, sports

and

entertainment law, workers' compensation law.

In

addition, there

are

over

500 new

book titles added

to

this

chapter, resulting

in a

listing

of

over

800

leading Canadian law-related books

in

Chapter

8.

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