Finding the History of a Section of the Canadian Criminal Code
This was adapted from a discussion on the CALL listserv; many thanks to Jenny Thornhill, Bronwyn Guiton and Alexandra Everitt. Unfortunately there is no easy tool that will allow you easily track the...
View ArticleFinding UK Docket Materials
I’ve previously talked about how to find docket information about Canadian courts. If you’re trying to find information about the status of current British cases, there are a few options: The HM Courts...
View ArticleFinding Older Newspaper Articles
While recent newspaper articles are reasonably easy to find (give or take a paywall), older newspaper articles can be a bit more challenging to locate. If a newspaper article you are looking for is not...
View ArticleRead the Contract
As law librarians we should all know the value of reading a contract before we sign it. And yet… For librarians, some specific clauses in contracts to take note of are: Renewal of the contract – does...
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Use CanLII’s Subject Classification Terms to Narrow Your Search Results
CanLII recently announced the addition of AI generated subject classification to its Ontario and Saskatchewan case law which makes it much faster to see what area of the law a case falls into. If...
View ArticleUse Polls During Student Training
It’s May, which means (if you happen to be a law firm librarian) it is summer student training time. COVID-19 has meant that a significant amount of training is now offered online rather than in...
View ArticleFinding Alberta Government Publications
If you’re trying to find an Alberta government publication one very helpful resource is Alberta’s open government portal. This is “a collection of datasets and publications by government departments...
View ArticleNote Up Older Legislation
Noting up legislation is straightforward. On CanLII you enter the name or citation of the act in the note up field; in Lexis Advance you enter the citation of the section you are interested in preceded...
View ArticleFinding Standards
Standards, which “establish accepted practices, technical requirements, and terminologies”, are often referenced by acts and regulations; in order to be able to properly interpret a piece of...
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Use Twitter to Track the Passage of a Bill Through the House of Commons
While LEGISinfo is an excellent tool for tracking federal legislation, it does not get updated the moment that there is a change to a bill. But sometimes you need to have the information on the status...
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