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Case Law -- Legal Databases

CanLII: Canadian Legal Information Institute This link opens in a new window
Free online primary sources of Canadian law, including legislative and judicial texts, as well as legal commentaries, from federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions, gathered in a single one-stop virtual law library.

Description: The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) is a not-for-profit organization initiated by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLIIs goal is to make primary sources of Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet.
Coverage and Currency: 1867 onward. Updated as documents become available.
Type: Full text.
Access: Internet access is unrestricted.
Conditions of Use: This is an Open Access resource available to all users. This database is not specifically licensed by MacEwan University Libraries.
Supplier: Federation of Law Societies of Canada (designed by LexUM)
LawSource This link opens in a new window
Provides search access to Canadian primary law, legislation, and court decisions, as well as comprehensive secondary legal materials, such as the the case comments from law reports, the entire Canadian Encyclopedia Digest, and case summaries for the Canadian Abridgment.

Coverage and Currency: 1867 onward. Updated daily.
Type: Full text.
Access: Access limited to Grant MacEwan University IP addresses. Remote login with a MacEwan network user ID and password.
Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information.
Supplier: Carswell
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications, using flexible search options. Access over 10,000 news, business, and legal sources. News coverage includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources.

Access: Access limited to Grant MacEwan University IP addresses. Remote login with a MacEwan network user ID and password.
Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information.

Case Law

Alberta Courts
Search judgments from Alberta Provincial Court, Court of Queen's Bench and Court of Appeal choose the individual Court to search for judgements.
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
Search law reporter abbreviations by title or abbreviation.
Federal Court Reports
Search by date, name, citation, or keyword. Full text available.
Judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada
Search by date, name, citation, or keyword. Full text available.

Case Law

The Canadian Abridgment and the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (C.E.D.) also contain case law, indexed by subject, and are available in print in the Legal Collection or online through the library's subscription to LawSource. Also consider using the library search to find books about legal topics, which often will present relevant cases.

LawSource This link opens in a new window
Provides search access to Canadian primary law, legislation, and court decisions, as well as comprehensive secondary legal materials, such as the the case comments from law reports, the entire Canadian Encyclopedia Digest, and case summaries for the Canadian Abridgment.

Coverage and Currency: 1867 onward. Updated daily.
Type: Full text.
Access: Access limited to Grant MacEwan University IP addresses. Remote login with a MacEwan network user ID and password.
Conditions of Use: Use of this database is restricted to members of the MacEwan University community and to users physically present in the Library. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this database for individual, non-commercial, educational or research purposes only, and do not systematically download or retain substantial portions of information.
Supplier: Carswell

Case Law Tips

Alberta Law Society Libraries: Finding and Researching Case Law
Research guides provide links and tips for researching cases on various topics such as Business, Criminal, or Family law.
The Canadian Legal Research and Writing Guide: Searching Canadian Case Law
Links to tips and resources for finding cases.
Find Forms and Precedents
Links and tips for finding legal agreements, court pleadings, court forms, and many other types of legal documents.

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