Business

• Chitty on Contracts, 33rd ed. by Joseph Chitty Table of Contents
• Damages for Breach of Contract, 2nd ed. by Harvin Pitch & Ronald Snyder Table of Contents
• Introduction to Contracts, 4th ed. by Bruce MacDougall Table of Contents
• The Law of Contract in Canada, 6th ed. by G.H.L. Fridman Table of Contents
• The Law of Contracts, 7th ed. by S. M. Waddams Table of Contents

• Directors and Officers : a Canadian legal manual, Rev. ed. by Hillel Neuer, Lazar Sarna Table of Contents
• Directors and Officers in Canada : law and practice by Carol Hansell Table of Contents
• Directors’ Duties in Canada, 6th ed. by Barry Reiter Table of Contents
• Directors’ Liability in Canada by E. Edward Siemens Table of Contents

• Business Succession Guide, 3rd ed. by Paul Mahaffy Table of Contents
• Extra-Provincial Corporate Registrations in Canada, 2012 ed. by Ash Baker Table of Contents
• Mergers & Acquisitions by Legal Education Society of Alberta Table of Contents
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Other Changes to Corporate Control, 2nd ed. by Christopher Nicholls Table of Contents Also available as an e-text
• Mergers and Acquisitions : a legal manual, Rev. ed. by Lazar Sarna Table of Contents
• Outsourcing Transactions : a practical guide by Ian Kyer & John Beardwood (eds.)

• Drafting shareholder agreements, 2nd ed. by Ricky Ewasiuk Table of Contents
• Shareholder Remedies in Canada, 2nd ed. by Dennis Peterson Table of Contents
• Shareholders Agreements : an annotated guide, 2nd ed. by Aird & Berlis LLP Table of Contents
• Shareholders Disputes by Legal Education Society of Alberta. Table of Contents
• Unanimous shareholder agreements disputes by Legal Education Society of Alberta Table of Contents

• Benjamin’s Sale of Goods, 10th ed. by M. Bridge ed. Table of Contents
• Sale of Goods in Canada, 6th ed. by G.H.L. Fridman Table of Contents
• Sale and Supply of Goods, 2nd ed. by Kevin P. McGuinness Table of Contents

• Advertising and marketing law in Canada, 6th ed. by Brenda Pritchard Table of Contents
• Canadian Advertising and Marketing Law by David M.W. Young, Brian R.F.
• Consumer Protection Online by Michael Deturbide Table of Contents

• Product Liability: Canadian law and practice by Lawrence G. Theall Table of Contents

• Annotated Bills of Exchange Act by Leora Aster & Lazar Sarna Table of Contents
• Bank Act : legislation and commentary by John W. Teolis and C. Dawn
• Chalmers and Guest on Bills of Exchange, Cheques and Promissory Notes, 16th ed. by Chalmers, Mackenzie Dalzell Edwin Stewart, Sir, 1847-1927 Table of Contents
• The Law of Banking and Payment in Canada by Bradley Crawford Table of Contents

• Alberta securities primary source manual by Legal Education Society of Alberta Table of Contents
• Canadian Securities Law Reporter   Table of Contents
• Canadian Securities Regulation, 5th ed. by David Johnston, Kathleen Rockwell & Cristie Ford Table of Contents
• Securities Law, 2nd ed. by Jeffrey G. MacIntosh, Christopher C. Nicholls Table of Contents.  Also available as an e-text
• Securities Law in Canada : Cases and Commentaries, 3rd ed. by Mary G. Condon, Anita I. Anand, Janis P. Sarra & Sarah Bradley Table of Contents

• Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law of Canada, 4th ed. by L.W. Houlden, C.H. Morawetz & Janis Sarra Table of Contents
• Bankruptcy in Canada, 5th ed. by John Honsberger Table of Contents
• Bennett on Bankruptcy, 21st ed. by Frank Bennett Table of Contents
• Canadian bankruptcy and insolvency law for commercial tenancies by David Bish Table of Contents
• Canadian Commercial Reorganization : preventing bankruptcy by Richard H. McLaren Table of Contents
• Priority of Crown Claims in Insolvency by Francis Lamer Table of Contents
• Bankruptcy & insolvency law by Roderick Wood Table of Contents  Available as an e-text

• Lindley & Banks on partnership, 20th ed. by R.C. l’Anson Banks Table of Contents

• Annotated business agreements by Gregory Harrington Harris & Paul Richard Table of Contents
• Canadian Business Contracts Handbook by Nishan Swais Table of Contents
• Canadian Forms & Precedents : Sale, Distribution & transport of Goods by Edward Levitt, Kevin McGuiness & Catherine Pawluch Table of Contents  Also available through LexisAdvance Quicklaw
• Canadian Forms & Precedents : Sale and Operation of a Business, 2nd ed. by John Abraham & Jennifer Babe Table of Contents  Also available through LexisAdvance Quicklaw
• Corporate Precedents by Gilles Thibault Table of Contents
• Drafting shareholder agreements, 2nd ed. by Ricky Ewasiuk Table of Contents
• Bennett on Bankruptcy Precedents, 3rd ed. by Frank Bennett Table of Contents

Business Law Reports (B.L.R.)

• ICLR
• JustisOne
• LexisAdvance Quicklaw
• WestlawNext – Canada (LawSource)

For more information on finding cases see our research guide: Finding and Researching Cases

A collection of the judgments of the Alberta Courts is available from CanLII. The official version of the reasons for judgment is the signed original or handwritten endorsement in the court file. If there is a question about the content of a judgment, the original court file takes precedence.

• CanLII – Provincial Court judgments
• CanLII – Court of Queen’s Bench judgments
• CanLII – Court of Appeal judgments

E-Resources

The Canadian Abridgment available on WestlawNext – Canada (LawSource)

All Canadian Summaries, Canadian Case Summaries and Canada Digest are available on Lexis Advance Quicklaw

• Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, RSC 1985, c B-3
• Canada Business Corporations Act, RSC 1985, c C-44
• Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, RSC 1985, c C-36
• Competition Act, RSC 1985, c C-34

Federal Acts and Regulations can also be found electronically at:

• Canadian Legal Information Institute (CANLII)
• Justice Laws Website

• Business Corporations Act, RSA 2000, c B-9
• Companies Act, RSA 2000, c C-21
• Cooperatives Act, SA 2001, c C-28.1
• Fair Trading Act, RSA 2000, c F-2
• Franchises Act, RSA 2000, c F-23
• Partnership Act, RSA 2000, c P-3
• Sale of Goods Act, RSA 2000, c S-2
• Securities Act, RSA 2000, c S-4
• Societies Act, RSA 2000, c S-14

The link above connects to the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) version for convenience and ease of use. To access or purchase the official version, go to:

• Alberta Queen’s Printer

Canadian encyclopedic digest (C.E.D.) (Western), 4th ed.

Includes coverage of Federal, Provincial (4 Western provinces) and Territorial legislation.

Titles related to Business Law include:

• Banking. Volume 5, Title 14
• Bankruptcy and Insolvency. Volume 6, Title 15
• Bills of Exchange. Volume 7, Title 17
• Business corporations. Volume 9, Title 22
• Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. Volume 11, Title 27
• Contracts. Volume 13, Title 34
• Co-operatives. Volume 14, Title 35
• Debtor and Creditor Volume 21, Title 48
• Partnership (Western). Volume 43, Title 115
• Sale of goods. Volume 49, Title 140
• Secured Transactions in Personal Property (Western). Volume 50, Title 142
• Securities and Stock Exchanges Volume 50, Title 143

The CED provides discussion of these areas of law with annotations to legislation and case law.

Also available electronically through:

• WestlawNext – Canada (LawSource)

Halsbury’s laws of Canada

This multi-volume set includes coverage of Federal, Provincial & Territorial legislation. Also available electronically through : LexisAdvance Quicklaw

This encyclopedia explains the legislation and cases which govern business law issues in every jurisdiction in Canada, allowing you to quickly locate, contextualize and apply the basic elements of the law.

Titles related to Business Law include:

• Business Corporations – HBC (I & II)
• Charities, Associations and Not-for-Profit Organizations (HCH)
• Commercial Law – HBL (I & II): Auctions; Bills of Exchange; Bailment; Sale of Goods.
• Contracts (HCO)
• Debtor and Creditor (HDC)
• Partnerships (HPJ)
• Personal Property and Secured transactions (HPS)
• Securities (HSC)

Additional information may be found under other topical headings, and subsequent developments may be located by referring to the Cumulative Supplement.

Canadian Business Law Journal / Revue Canadienne du droit de commerce

Index to Canadian Legal Literature (ICLL)

Available electronically on WestlawNext Canada (LawSource) and LexisAdvance Quicklaw

Additional full-text articles are available electronically through:

• Heinonline
• LexisAdvance Quicklaw
• WestlawNext Canada

• Corporations Canada
• Service Alberta Corporate Registry
• Canadian Securities Administrators
• SEDAR
• EDGAR
• TMX

• Canadian Law Blogs List – Business