On this page you will find selected resources that will help you complete assignments for the course. Resources are grouped by topic, i.e., Case Law, Legislation, Torts Law, Contract Law, and Labour & Employment Law.
For further research assistance, please contact Dr. Joyline Makani,
Legal research relies very heavily on citation. A complete case citation enables you to find the decision and conveys valuable information about the case, including the year it was handed down, court level, jurisdiction and case history (if included). In other words with an accurate citation on hand you have a road map directing you to the location of the law. The PDF document below provides a detailed breakdown of a case citation.
Use the resources listed below to define and clarify the legal terms, and identify legal concepts that you may not have considered.
NOTE: Acts (Statutes) often includes definitions of terms used in the Act. These are usually found in section 2 of the Act. A special act called the Interpretation Act includes definitions of terms commonly used in Canadian Federal Government Acts.
For effective business law research , it is recommended you explore ideas published in secondary sources such as journals. A legal journal article can provide analysis and insight into a recent case decision or piece of legislation. Also listed below are sources for conducting primary research in a bid to extrapolate from decisions in earlier cases and analyse whether there are defenses available that would eliminate or reduce the amount of liability.
Sometimes you need to find not only cases on point but also to determine if those cases are still good law (whether or not a case has been overruled or reversed by a higher court since it was decided). Also effective case analysis requires a close analysis of what the courts have been saying about the case, i.e., the controversies surrounding the case, or whether other courts have been going out of their way to distinguish their case from this case, or has it been accepted as a matter of course? The resources listed below can be used for researching case law.
