Canada
Great Library legal research portal
This portal provides access to case law and legislation from Canada, the US, UK, Ireland, and Australia; legal periodicals available online; legal research guides; the AdvoCAT library catalogue, and Great Library services.
http://library.lsuc.on.ca/GL/home.htm
Jurist Canada
Jurist’s "Canadian Law Locator" allows quick access to caselaw and
statutes from most Canadian jurisdictions. The site also has links to legal
research centres, resource pages developed by law professors.
http://jurist.law.utoronto.ca/
Other Jurist sites around the world:
US: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/
Australia: http://jurist.law.mq.edu.au/index.htm
EU: http://www.fd.unl.pt/je/index.htm
Portugal: http://www.fd.unl.pt/jp/index.htm
CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute)
Statutes and caselaw for most Canadian jurisdictions.
http://www.canlii.org/index_en.html
ACJNET
Access to Justice Net. Links, mainly to legislation and government
materials. The site can be searched by jurisdiction or legal topic,
in either English or French. The site is aimed mainly at the general
public.
http://www.acjnet.org
University of Ottawa’s Virtual law library / Bibliothèque de droit
virtuelle
Provides a good set of internet links for Canadian and international sources:
English: http://www.biblio.uottawa.ca/droit-law/vir-e.html
French: http://www.biblio.uottawa.ca/droit-law/vir-f.html
LexUM
Maintained by the Université de Montréal, this is
a good starting point for research on Quebec law in particular (but
it also covers other Canadian jurisdictions).
http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/
Martindale-Hubbell Canada
Links to provincial law societies, bar associations, collections
of legal links, lawyer locator.
http://www.canada.martindale.com/
United States
US Supreme Court online
http://www.law.duke.edu/publiclaw/supremecourtonline/
Links to decisions of the US Supreme Court and other materials.
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/
LII (Legal Information Institute)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/
FindLaw
Legal internet search engine
http://www.findlaw.com/
FindLaw’s law crawler provides legal web and database searches:
http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/
Related site Legal Minds provides lists of lawyers, law librarians,
etc: http://legalminds.lp.findlaw.com
WWW Virtual Library – Law
Indiana University School of Law. Provides a searchable set of internet
links.
http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/
Hieros Gamos
Links for US, international law.
http://www.hg.org/index.html
United Kingdom
British and Irish Legal Information Institute
BAILII "provides access to the most comprehensive set of British and Irish primary legal materials that are available for free and in one place on the internet" in 46 databases covering 7 jurisdictions. This includes cases from courts and some tribunals, statutes and regulations (called "statutory instruments") for the United Kingdom, England and Wales, Scotlamd, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the European Union.
http://www.bailii.org/
Squire Law Library (Cambridge University Library)
http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/squire/elec_res_jur.php
European
Union
Eur-Lex
Eur-Lex is the single point of entry to the complete collections of EU official
texts in all official languages. It offers official journals, treaties, legislation,
legislation in preparation, case law, parliamentary questions, and other documents
of public interest.
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/
Jurist EU
http://www.fd.unl.pt/je/index.htm
France
Jurisguide
Contains links to legislation, cases, bibliographies.
http://jurisguide.univ-paris1.fr/index.htm
International Law
/ Worldwide Minicipal (domestic) Laws
CataLaw
Search by legal topic or region, or pick one of the "extra info"
pages. Worldwide coverage. "CataLaw is the catalog of catalogs of
worldwide law on the Internet. It aids legal research by arranging
all indexes of law and government into a uniform, universal and
unique metaindex"
http://www.catalaw.com/
Legal Research
& Library Catalogues
AdvoCAT
Catalogue for the Great Library and county law association libraries.
http://library.lsuc.on.ca/
Bora Laskin Law Library (University of Toronto)
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca
The People's Law Library
This site describes itself as follows: "The main source of legal dictionary is The People's Law Dictionary by renowned authorities Gerald and Kathleen Hill where you can get definitions, context and usage for over 3,000 terms. Regarded by scholars, jurists, leading attorneys and reviewers as one of the most practical works of its kind, The People's Law Dictionary is a comprehensive source of meanings and use for thousands of today's most common legal terms. The People's Law Dictionary has gained widespread praise for its scope and clarity." Note that the dictionary is based on US law.
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/
University of Toronto Library
http://www.library.utoronto.ca
York University Library
http://www.library.yorku.ca
HumGen
Maintained by Université de Montréal’s Centre de Recherche en
Droit Publique, HumGen provides "access to a comprehensive international
database on the legal, social and ethical aspects of human genetics. HumGen
offers a search engine that will build a bibliography based on search criteria".
http://www.humgen.umontreal.ca/intro.htm
Litigation
Resources
Mediatordates
Provides information about the backgrounds and available dates of Ontario mediators.
http://www.mediatordates.com
Toronto Roster of Mediators
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/
english/courts/manmed/torontoroster.asp
ADR Institute of Canada, Inc.
This is a national, non-profit organization that develops and promotes dispute
resolution services in Canada
http://www.adrcanada.ca/
National Arbitration Rules
http://www.adrcanada.ca/Rules/commercial_arbitration.html
Stitt Feld Handy Group
Stitt Feld Handy Group educates, publishes, and researches in ADR (Alternative
Dispute Resolution). Additionally, it offers negotiation , mediation, and arbitration
services for those who want to avoid traditional litigation.
http://www.sfhh.com
Heiros Gamos’ Guide to Litigation Law
This section is an overview of litigation law, which includes statutes, agencies,
procedures, and other resources. However, it mostly deals with the United States.
http://www.hg.org/litg.html
Lawyers Directories
Canada Legal Directory (Carswell)
http://www.carswell.com/law_index.asp
Canadian Law List (Canada Law Book)
http://www.canadianlawlist.com
Martindale-Hubbell Canada
Links to provincial law societies, bar associations, collections of legal links,
lawyer locator.
http://www.canada.martindale.com/
Legal Associations
Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
http://www.cba.org/
Ontario Bar Association (OBA)
http://www.oba.org/
Advocates’ Society
http://www.advsoc.on.ca/
Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
http://www.osgoodesociety.ca/
Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario
http://ajefo.ca/
American Bar Association (ABA)
http://www.abanet.org/
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
http://www.atla.org/
International Bar Association
http://www.ibanet.org
Commercial
Databases
QuickLaw
Mainly Canadian but also U.S., U.K., other Commonwealth decisions.
Account required to search.
http://www.quicklaw.com/
eCarswell
Carswell electronic databases; access to Westlaw. Account required
to search.
http://www.ecarswell.com/
Maritime Law Book
National Reporter System databases. Account required to search,
but databases are free for 30 days and you can register online.
http://www.mlb.nb.ca/
Lexis-Nexis
Lexis.com legal database. U.S., Canadian, and extensive international
coverage. Account required to search. Credit card search available,
but only to US residents.
http://www.lexis.com/
 
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