Secondary Concerns
While there is no "one stop shopping" for journal articles, which Western New York state based database contains the largest collection of legal journal articles?
What is HeinOnline (or what is Hein)
What is the name of the 2025 Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario Decision where TMU was a party and Associate Dean Spiros Vavougios was counsel?
What is Tiessen v. Toronto Metropolitan University, 2025 HRTO 393
According to the McGill Guide what is the proper format for citing the title of a book?
What is in italics
The Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation is more commonly known by this unofficial title.
What is the McGill Guide?
Elle wants to set up a trust for her chihuahua Bruiser in the event of an untimely death. Knowing very little about this topic, you consult this article in Halsbury's Laws of Canada specifically on pet trusts.
What is HWL-445 Purpose trusts?
What is the 2021 Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision that decided ownership of a Boxer named Layla?
What is Duboff v Simpson, 2021 ONSC 4970
The rule in the McGill Guide that indicates the three circumstances when footnotes are to be used?
What is Rule 1.3.1?
This encyclopedia available on Lexis is a popular secondary source covering a wide range of areas of law.
What is Halsbury's Laws of Canada?
What book by lawyer Peter Downard is one of the leading Canadian books on libel law?
What is The Law of Libel in Canada?
Which unique feature on CanLII allows you to quickly find the most cited part of a case?
What is the heatmap?
You represent an immigrant whose refugee claim was just denied today by the Immigration and Refugee Board. Cite the section of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act that indicated that you have 15 days to appeal to the Federal Court.
What is Section 72(2)(b) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act?
This Ontario publication compiled all Ontario laws in force, and was last published in 1990.
What are the Revised Statutes of Ontario?
This specialized kind of legal dictionary provides definitions of terms that have been judicially considered
What is "Words and Phrases"?
According to CanLII, how many 2025 Supreme Court of Canada decisions have cited the book Constitutional Law of Canada by Hogg
What is six decisions?
You represent a friend who was injured by a cyclist riding in the opposite direction while she was crossing the street at a crosswalk. You find this section and subsection of the Highway Traffic Act stating cyclists are not allowed to ride on the crosswalk.
What is Section 144(29) of the Highway Traffic Act?
Which resource only available on Westlaw provides one paragraph summaries of cases organized by topic
What is the Canadian Abridgment Digests
This American reality TV star unsuccessfully relied on Chat GPT in preparing for the California Bar exam when she would have been better off using secondary sources.
Who is Kim Kardashian?
Elle is splitting from Emmett, and is worried that just because Emmett is listed as their dog's owner in the vet office and on his microchip, she might lose her dog Bruiser. Luckily, you find this 2024 Ontario Superior Court case indicating that these records are by themselves insufficient to prove ownership of a dog.
What is Franco v Franco, 2024 ONSC 6436?
The name of the open access legal citation system that aims to replace the McGill Guide?
What is the Canadian Open Access Legal Citation Guide which is freely available on CanLII
To find proposed federal regulations published on a given date, you can consult this government publication first published in 1841.
What is the Canada Gazette?