The complete Revised Statutes of Canada (RSC), from the first revision in 1896 to the last in 1985 -- are now available in HeinOnline. This project was completed with assistance from the Osgoode Library, which provided copies of all the revisions to Hein for digitization.This is the first time that the RSC are available online […]
The Supreme Court of Canada and Lexum are proud to announce that the Court’s judgments website now contains all decisions back to 1907. Moreover, all the PDF versions of decisions up to 2010 are identical to the official version available in the Supreme Court Reports. This major content addition has been made possible thanks to […]
Initiated in 2006, the Early English Laws project aims to produce new editions of all legal codes and treatises produced in England between the reign of Æthelberht of Kent (ca 580-616) and Magna Carta (1215). The project addresses four principal research questions or problems: What are the early English law texts? What do the texts say? What […]
The first issue of the Canadian Journal of Human Rights has just recently been published. The CJHR is a new academic journal from the Robson Hall Faculty of Law of the University of Manitoba. An interdisciplinary, peer-reviwed journal of human rights law and policy with a national and international scope, it is the first and […]
This past week, the Supreme Court of Canada launched a new website for its online judgments. I think you'll agree the site is cleaner, clearer, more efficient, easier to use and much more attractive. There is a "quick search" box right at the top of the page, with a link to an "Advanced Search" function. […]
Law reviews are not usually noted for their humour. However, Adam Chodorow, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Innovative Ventures at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, addresses this shortcoming in legal scholarship and another major policy shortcoming in a forthcoming article in the Iowa Law Review. […]
The University of New Brunswick Law Journal (UNB LJ) is now available on Quicklaw. First published in 1947, the University of New Brunswick Law Journal is one of the oldest student-run legal publications in Canada. It is an annual refereed publication devoted to the consideration of current legal issues, problems and philosophies through the presentation […]
HeinOnline's World Constitutions Illustrated library of contemporary and historical constitutional documents continues to grow. In the past month, in addition to many primary source documents, the following historical treatises have been added to the collection: Correspondence of the American Revolution; Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command […]
We now have access to the the American Indian Law Collection on HeinOnline.Since the American Revolution, American Indian law has evolved into a complex web of treaties, federal statutes and regulations, federal case law, tribal codes, constitutions, and jurisprudence. This collection contains an expansive selection of titles unique to American Indian law with over 800 […]
We now subscribe to the US Congressional Documents collection on HeinOnline. This eresource is one of the most complete collections of these document available anywhere, and certainly the easiest to use. The collection features the complete Congressional Record bound volume set from its inception in 1873 as well as the three predecessor titles: Annals of […]