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From our Catalogue
Look for materials about the legal system in Canada by searching our catalogue using the Subject search "Law - Canada". For discussion of the law in specific areas of interest, perform a Keyword search combining the topic with the phrase "Law and legislation", e.g. "Internet - Law and legislation". Laws effecting specific groups of people can be found using the phrase "Legal status, laws, etc.", eg. "Children - Legal status, laws, etc."
Some helpful titles include:
- Every Canadian's guide to the law. By Linda Silver Dranoff
- The Canadian Legal System. By Gerald Gall
- Legal counsel: frequently asked questions about the law. by Les Vandor
Portals and Gateways
These sites contain collections of links to other individual pages. Some provide brief descriptions. Most include divisions into narrower sub-topics.
- Bora Laskin Law Library. "Finding legal information on the web"
- National Library of Canada. "Canadian Information by Subject. 340. Law"
- Toronto Public Library. Virtual Reference Library. "Social Sciences. Law"
Featured Websites
- Definitions
- Directories of Lawyers and Law Offices
- Simplified
guides
- Canada. Justice Canada. "Justice and the law"
- Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO). "Online Publications"
- Law Society of Upper Canada. "[Services] for the Public"
- Legal Line
- Ontario.
Ministry of the Attorney General. "Justice Ontario".
Includes sections on Finding a Lawyer, Family Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights, Lawsuits and Disputes, Wills and Estates, and Fines and Tickets - Is that Legal? Legal guides to Ontario and Canadian Law
- Court Forms (Ontario)
- Ontario Court Forms. Prepared by the Office of the Attorney General of Ontario, this site provides copies of basic forms needed to proceed with legal action at court in areas of Family Law, Small Claims, and Ontario Civil Procedure. Arranged by form number. The Microsoft Word versions of the documents permit the user to type information onto the document.
- Labour Tribunals
- CanLII Labour Law Project (a database of decisions by Canadian labour boards and tribunals)
- Laws of Canada (statutes and regulations) Canada. Dept. of Justice. "Laws"
- Laws of Ontario (statutes and regulations)
- Laws of Other
Countries
- Michigan. "Michigan's Driver Responsibility Law"
- Michigan. Secretary of State. "Alcohol and Drug Offences and Drivers"
- Michigan. Legislature. "Frequently requested laws by category"
- United States. Citizenship and Immigration Services. "How do I" Customer service guides.
- United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection. "For International Visitors"
- United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection. "Canadian Border Boat Landing Program"
- International Law
- American Society of International Law. "ASIL guide to electronic resources for international law"
- Cornell University. Law School. "Selected Foreign and International Resources"
- Hauser University Global Law Program. "Transnational and Comparative Family Law"
- Library of Congress. "Global Legal Information Network. International"
- United Nations. "International Law"
- University of Richmond. "Constitution
Finder".
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