Legal Research
Aboriginal Canada Portal – Justice & Policing
http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/site.nsf/en-frames/ao20019.html
Government of Canada’s annotated links to resources specific to Aboriginal law and justice issues.
BC Courthouse Library Society
http://www.bccls.bc.ca
A website providing several current awareness services for keeping up to date on changes in the law. These services include ‘What's New’, which includes information on recent judgments and government reports that are in the news, and relevant BC and federal legislation. There are also ‘BC Proclamations’ and ‘Federal Proclamations’ pages on the site, which are updated weekly and a ‘Legislation’ section, which provides links and guides to locating, updating and researching statutes and legislation.
Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research
http://legalresearch.org
A BC website providing effective strategies and techniques for Canadian legal research. It shows where to find free internet legal sites and other electronic research tools. This is a good place to start researching federal and provincial legislation in print and electronic form. The site also provides links to information on researching the law of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, European Union, and other countries.
Canadian Charter of Rights Decision Digest
http://www.canlii.org/ca/com/chart/index.html
Court decisions relating to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, edited with commentaries by Graham Garton, Q.C., Department of Justice.
Canadian Human Rights Reporter (CHRR)
http://cdn-hr-reporter.ca/index.htm
A website publishing human rights-related decisions of boards of inquiry, tribunals and courts from all jurisdictions, as well as appeal decisions which flow from them.
CANLII
http://www.canlii.org/
The Canadian Legal Information Institute provides links to statutes and courts across Canada.
Delivering Poverty Law Services: Lessons from BC and Abroad
http://sparc.bc.ca/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_details&gid=18&catid=&Itemid=110
The Social Planning and Research Council of BC (SPARC) report prepared by Andrea Long and Anne Beveridge in August, 2004. The report documents the findings of a research project to investigate the status of poverty law services in BC, and the views of poverty law service providers concerning priorities for service delivery. (94 pages)
Human Rights Research and Education Centre - Virtual Human Rights Library
http://www.cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/links/sitescan_e.html
University of Ottawa online library of human rights information that includes links to many advocacy groups across Canada.
Judith Bowers Law List
http://www.cugini.net/law/bowers.html
A website intended for lawyers and legal researchers looking for law-related links.
Legaltree
A website intended for lawyers which includes resources organized in a tree-like taxonomy structure to allow users to identify key research resources in a particular area. Contains lists of textbooks and internet sites covering all areas of the law, as well as brief SCC case summaries, posted as the decisions come down to alert users to new cases in their area of practice. Users can subscribe to receive these summaries by e-mail.
Legislative Assembly of BC
http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/legislation/index.htm
A government website linking to legislation-related materials including Hansard, Bills, Orders-in-Council, and other statutes and regulations from British Columbia.
Poverty and Human Rights
http://www.povertyandhumanrights.org
A Canadian online library of materials on social rights and poverty.