Free guide to citing legal material, compiled by volunteers from Canadian universities and hosted on the CanLII website. The main focus is on Canadian cases, legislation, secondary sources and government publications, but there is also some information about foreign and international sources. The guide is in English, but a French version is planned.
The Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (VanIAC) is a non-profit organisation offering mediation and arbitration services. The site has information about both procedures, a selection of articles, model clauses and forms made freely available on the site.
Global regulation offers English language machine translations of laws from 95 countries. The full service requires a subscription, however there is a limited offering of free searches. A simple search is available from the home page; once a simple search has been run, it is possible to access advanced search options. The advanced search offers Boolean connectors and allows users to weight the importance of terms. It is possible to filter results by country and/or year. Searching is only available in English, but it is possible to view the original language version of a translated law.
Online guide to locating Canadian legislation compiled by the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. The guide is set out as a table with jurisdictions (federal and state) cross referenced with types and sources of legislation. Links are provided to parliaments and assemblies, bills, statutes, gazettes, debates, regulations and journals.
Online guide to locating older Canadian legislation compiled by the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. The guide is organised by jurisdiction providing annotated links to online sources of older legislation. Some of the resources listed are free to access others are provided on subscription.
Website of JuriGlobe a research group of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa. The site provides data on the different legal systems in the world- civil law, common law, Muslim law, customary law and mixed systems- and gives a directory of jurisdictions using each of the systems. The information is presented in different ways showing legal systems by geographic region, the systems used by United Nations member states and by population distribution.
Official website published by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, to explain the treaty-making process and policy in Canada, with definitions of treaties and details of how treaties are published. There is also an introduction to the work of the Treaty Law Division of Canada. A list of Canadian treaties is presented, which can be searched and displayed by treaty type (bilateral, multilateral, and plurilateral) or by text words or subject matter. The entry for each treaty indicates the place and date of signature, the date of entry into force, parties, and subject matter.
The Société Québécoise d'Information Juridique, SOQUIJ, produces a range of priced publications and products aimed at law schools and the legal profession. But its website also includes content freely available to everyone, “services aux citoyens” and “ressources pour tous”. Court decisions from the Cour du Québec and from other Quebec courts and tribunals are online, as well as decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada and federal courts. Decisions date from 2000 mainly, and are mostly in French with some decisions translated into English.
Website and research tool offering open access to research and data on international investment arbitration. The service includes: a database of known arbitration cases decided under investment treaties; access to investment arbitration cases by policy area (such as agriculture, environmental protection, taxation); a compilation of the appointment records of individual arbitrators who have sat in investment arbitration cases; and other information and commentary on the system of international investment arbitration.
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) website gives access to documents and databases on biodiversity along with background information on the Convention and a copy of the text. The Convention is a major international agreement on the protection of wildlife. It is the first global, comprehensive agreement to address all aspects of biological diversity including genetic resources, species, and ecosystems. There is information on parties to the Convention, related bodies and programmes.
