Areas of concentration within the program offered by the college are wills/estates, real estate, litigation, family law, intellectual property, and corporate law. This subject guide aims to bring together research resources pertaining to these areas of law.
REMEMBER ONLINE RESOURCES MAY NOT HAVE AUTHORITY. Always consult hard copy resources where-ever possible.
The Learning Resource Centre not only includes general law resources as a part of the reference collection, but also offers a more specialized law area. These specialized law resources are uncatalogued and therefore cannot be found by searching the library catalogue. In the uncatalogued law area you will find resources such as Federal and Ontario Statutes and law reports. For cataloged items please consult our online catalogue. Access the Algonquin Catalogue
REFERENCE SOURCES - INTERNET
(Please note that Internet addresses in general tend to change fairly often.)
Canadian Legal Resources on the Internet - Collections of internet Guides
- Access to Justice Network
This site maintains an excellent set of links to Canadian Federal, Provincila legislative materials including bills, statutes, regulations and debates as well as links to other Canadian justice and legal information.
- Best Guide to Canadian Legal Resources
Hosted by UBC. Includes guides to electronic legal research, statutory and jurisdictional research. An excellent resource for students.
- Correctional Services Canada
This site presents an overview of the operations of the Canadian Correctional Services.
- Canadian Constitutional Documents (A Legal History)
A collection of organized documents relating to the constitution of Canada in historical order by William Maton. "These documents are provided as a service to Canadians and others interested in Canada, who regularly travel the net and who are curious in regards to, "what the fuss is all about." This "collection" is merely here for reference only."
- CanLII
- Duhaime's
An excellent Canadian based website. The information on this site is maintained by the Victoria, British Columbia (Canada) law firm of Duhaime & Company. Features starting points on law topics such as
:Family Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights and the excellent time-line of Legal History found in the Law Museum.
- Family Law Centre
A site of Canadian Family Law resources put together by Toronto Lawyer Gene C. Coleman. This link, to the page's internet resources, reveals a wealth of Canadian family law internet sites. This includes a very useful link to the Canadian Journal of Family Law. Some full-text content is available on this site.
- Jurist Canada
Features current Canadian legal events and happenings in the news."JURIST Canada is a clearinghouse of academically-authored and other quality-controlled Canadian legal resources provided for the convenience of Canadian law teachers, law students, lawyers and members of the public. Hosted by the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto"
- Law Society of Upper Canada
The Law Society of Upper Canada exists to govern the legal profession in the public interest. This site includes links to other Ontario legal web pages and useful information for the public, in areas such as criminal and family law.
- Legal and Law Enforcement Links
Excellent internet links to resources for law and law enforcement..
- Laws.com
An American site that has brought together an excellent list of some of the better known Canadian link sites.
- Martindale and Hubbell Lawyer Locator
Provides internet access to the "Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory".
- Lexum - University of Montreal
Search the Canadian Legal web.
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Canadian Government Sites
- Canadian Parliamentary Site.
Useful reference material, including biographies of Senators, "Today in Parliament", "Prime Ministers Since 1867" and the 1997 Annual Report.
- Department of Justice
- E-Laws. Statutes and Regulations of Ontario
Provided by the Government of Ontario, Statutes and Regulations.
- LEGISINFO
"An essential research tool for finding information on legislation currently before Parliament. This tool provides electronic access to a wide range of information about individual bills" Current sitting of the house.
- Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
Presents Ontario statutes, court statistics, justice system studies and Ontario Law Reform Commission reports.
- Statutes of Canada
Complete Statutes provided to search and download. NOTICEFor all purposes of interpreting and applying the law, users should consult: the Acts as passed by Parliament, which are published in the "Assented to" Acts service, Part III of the Canada Gazette and the annual Statutes of Canada, and the regulations, as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council and published in Part II of the Canada Gazette.
- Supreme Court of Canada - Homepage
- Supreme Court of Canada - Decisions
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American Legal Resources on the Internet
- American Law Resources Online (Also)
"The purpose of ALSO! is to provide a comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of links to all on-line sources of American law that are available without charge" The also refers to the inclusion of links relating to Canada and Mexico.
- PublicLegal, a product of the Internet Legal Research Group (ILRG).
"A categorized index of more than 4000 select web sites in 238 nations, islands, and territories, as well as more than 850 locally stored web pages and downloadable files, this site was established to serve as a comprehensive resource of the information available on the Internet concerning law and the legal profession, with an emphasis on the United States of America."
- Internet for Lawyers- USA
"Internet For Lawyers' was founded by Carole Levitt, J.D., M.L.S., to teach legal professionals to effectively gather information online. The company's sole mission is to help legal professionals harness one of the most powerful free tools available in legal research today - the Internet."
- Law Journal Extra.
Includes USA "Lawjobs"
- United States Supreme Court Decisions - Cornell Law SChool site.
Law Related Search Tools
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ELECTRONIC DATABASES
The Learning Resource Centre provides access to many online searchable databases that are accessible by Algonquin students through the LRC's webpage under ELECTRONIC DATABASES.
SPECIALIZED DATABASES : Of particular interest to students in the law programs are :
DLR Plus (Dominion Law Reports)
DLR Plus is a database produced by Canadian Lawbook. Dominion Law Reports Plus is a searchable database of all Dominion Law Reports from 1912 to the present. This database is available on campus.
LawSource (Carswell)
LawSource is a database produced by Carswell and includes online access to Canadian Case Digests and the Canadian Encyclopedia Digest. This database is available on campus.
OFF CAMPUS(REMOTE) ACCESS TO Legal DATABASEs IS ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH IT's VPN and WebVPN CLIENTS. (2 methods)
The Cisco systems VPN Client program will allow you to connect to the Algonquin computer network from any other internet service provider.
NEW-WebVPN. This allows you to connect to the VPN using your web browser instead of having to download and install a separate program.
For any help or questions please contact ITS at (613) 727-4723 Ext.5555 or 5555@algonquincollege.com.
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