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Shows how to note up a decision in CanLII and LawSource, checking its history and subsequent treatment in other cases, to determine if it is still "good law".
Legal Research 5A Noting Up a Case
From Chris Burns
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Shows how to locate the full text of a statute by its name or citation in both CanLII and LawSource databases.
Legal Research 4D Find a Statute
From Chris Burns
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Legal encyclopedias such as the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (CED) are excellent places to start your research. They often provide an answer to a specific legal question…
Legal Research 3C Encyclopedias (CED)
From Chris Burns
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Looks at the structure of a single case in several different sources: Supreme Court Reports, Supreme Court Judgments database, CanLII and LawSource. Shows the common…
Legal Research 4C Case Anatomy
From Chris Burns
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Shows how to locate the full text of a case in CanLII using a case citation which is more efficient than searching by case name.
Legal Research 4B Find a Case by Citation
From Chris Burns
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Demonstrates how to search for the full text of a legal case by its name, using Google and CanLII.
Legal Research 4A Find a Case by Name
From Chris Burns
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CanLII is a free database of Canadian law which includes both primary law and secondary sources (called Commentary). It includes a collection called CanLII Connects…
Legal Research 3F Commentary (CanLII Connects)
From Chris Burns
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Demonstrates how to use the Irwin Law e-book collection to locate a good (and easy to understand) introduction to a legal topic and identify the most relevant…
Legal Research 3E Books
From Chris Burns
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Annotated statutes are hybrid sources that provide both the wording of a specific statute, along with section-by-section analysis of how the law has been interpreted by…
Legal Research 3D Annotated Statutes…
From Chris Burns
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Legal dictionaries help you to understand the meaning of legal terms which is crucial to interpreting the law.
Legal Research 3B Dictionaries
From Chris Burns
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Discusses the difference between primary law (legislation and cases) and secondary sources which explain the primary law. Secondary sources are the best place to start…
Legal Research 3A Secondary Sources
From Chris Burns
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How to find books at KPU Library using their call numbers
Call Number Video
From Caja Blomley
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Introduction to library resources for Criminology students by Chris Burns, KPU's Criminology liaison librarian. Includes tour of the research guides for Criminology…
CRIM Welcome to the Library
From Chris Burns
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The most common problems students have searching Cinahl is either not finding enough articles, or finding too many articles. This video demonstrates several approaches…
How to Broaden or Narrow Your Cinahl Search
From Lisa Hubick
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