Criminology: Finding Court Cases (Case Law) and Legislation
This page contains links to resources specifically for finding case law and legislation. It also contains links to tutorials for these resources, and links to free-to-use equivalents (where available).
N.B. For help finding case law, legislation and legislative materials that you cannot find through these resources, please contact Hélène LeBlanc < hleblanc@wlu.ca >.
Key legal databases available through Laurier Library
Lexis Advance Quicklaw - Canadian legislation (federal, provincial & territorial), court decisions and legal commentary.
- Nexis Uni - Click on the "Legal" tab at the top of the page to find American (federal & state level) case law, other U.S. court documents, statutes, and law reviews & journals; also contains international legal materials (including Canadian), too.
Help using Lexis Nexis products
Lexis Advance Quicklaw - Quick Tips Sheet
Lexis Advance Quicklaw Help Page (video tutorials & documents)
Nexis Uni - Complete an Advanced Search - Advanced Searching tips
Sources of case law & legislation, freely available on the Internet
- CanLII - A non-profit organization that has been engaged by the law societies of Canada that are members of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada to establish, operate, maintain and provide to the law societies a website dedicated to providing continuous access to a virtual library of Canadian legal information.
Help using CanLII
How to Limit Search Results in CanLII Using Filters
How to Browse Legislation in CanLII
How to Browse Commentary in CanLII
- LEGISinfo - Information on Canadian federal bills.
- Canada Gazette - Publication containing new statutes, new and proposed legislation, board decisions, and public notices.
- Justice Laws - Official federal Canadian e-law (Acts & Regulations) site.
- Canadiana.org - Early legislation (pre 1920).
- WorldLII.org - A non-profit organization that maintains a website that contains international law cases (it is not comprehensive).