CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute), Canada’s foremost resource of freely-available legal information, and Lancaster House, the respected Canadian law publisher specializing in labour and employment law, have announced their co-operation in a joint project to enhance open access to legal commentary in Canada. For the first time, an electronic text authored by experts in the field will be fully integrated and freely available to the public on the CanLII website. In the press release, CanLII explained:
This text will explain the law on hundreds of employment-related topics, and provide commentary on leading decisions of courts and labour tribunals. An easy-to-use, searchable guide, the e-text will permit the public and legal professionals alike to efficiently navigate the thousands of cases on the CanLII website that bear upon the subject of employment law and wrongful dismissal in order to uncover leading and influential decisions.
The authors of the eBook, whichbecame available on CanLII on May 4, are Peter Neumann and Jeffrey Sack, both recognized authorities in the field. The text is full-text searchable and can also be browsed by chapter.