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Canadian Criminal Cases Now On Westlaw Canada

The scope and coverage of the CriminalSource® module on Westlaw Canada have been considerbly expanded by the addition of the full text of the complete Canadian Criminal Cases (the CCCs). The collection includes the full text of all cases reported in all series of the CCCs, including all headnotes and critical apparatus, from 1898 to the […]

Early Canadiana Online (ECO): New Platform, Faster Search!

Early Canadiana Online (ECO) has launched a new platform for faster and more accurate searching and navigation. ECO now supports advanced and Boolean searching as described here, as well as personalized accounts and secure channels for account information. The Early Canadiana Online collection of rare books, magazines and government publications has over 80,000 titles (3,500,000 […]

Open Access eBook on Wrongful Dismissal and Employment Law Now Available on CanLII

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 […]

Supreme Court Law Review Constitutional Cases Now Online!

The full text of the annual Constitutional Cases Conference component of the Supreme Court Law Review (2001-2011) is now available open-access on York University’s YorkSpace institutional repository. Working with the native functionality of the YorkSpace platform, the collection can easily be browsed and articles retrieved by Issue, Author or Title. The entire collection is searchable […]

Translation of French Legal Texts Now Available on Legifrance

The French official legal portal Legifrance.gouv.fr now provides access to  English translations of French legal texts. Note that these translations are for reference purposes only; the original text is also available for comparing modifications. Click here to access English translations.

One Million Judgments Now Available on CanLII!

CanLII — the Canadian Legal Information Institute — reached a true milestone today with the publication of the one-millionth judgemnt. Yes, there are now one million Canadian court and tribunal decisions freely available over the internet, courtesy of CanLII. It has taken only 12 years for this comprehensive online legal resource to reach the one […]

iPad/iPhone App for Hein Online Now Available!

Using HeinOnline from off campus to retrieve copies of articles and other legal materials in now easier than ever. Now you can have access to the world’s largest image-based legal research database on your iPhone or iPad. View the image-based PDF’s, access content by citation, browse by volume, navigate a volume with the electronic table […]

Hague Academy Collected Courses Online

The Hague Academy of International Law was founded in 1923 as an institution for the study and teaching of Public and Private International Law and related subjects. Its purpose is to encourage a thorough and impartial examination of the problems arising from international relations in the field of law. From its founding, top names in […]

Canada Supreme Court Reports – Now on Hein Online

Looking for PDF imaged copies of Supreme Court judgments as printed in the “official”, bilingual Canada Supreme Court Reports (SCR)? The complete series, from 1876 to the present, is now available on easy-to-use  Hein Online. Printing or downloading copies of SCR cases in their official, PDF format is now easier than ever.

ProQuest Congressional Publications

Looking for US Congressional publications? We how have access to ProQuest Congressional, the most comprehensive collection of historic and current US Congressional information available anywhere online. Coverage for many of the included collections begins in 1789 and goes right up to the current Congress. The collection includes the full text of congressional publications, finding aids, […]