Constitutional Law & Charter of Rights & Freedoms

E-Resources

When you visit one of our libraries, you have access to comprehensive caselaw databases:

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

For more information on finding cases, check out our Find Cases page

In Print

• Canadian Human Rights Reporter (CHRR)
• Canadian Rights Reporter (CRR)
• Supreme Court Reports (SCR)

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

Canadian Legal Information Institute (CANLII) provides free searchable full-text access to Canadian case law. The scope of coverage varies by jurisdiction and court.

Boolean operators, proximity connectors, phrases and date restrictions can be incorporated into your query. Using the [Advanced Search] feature, you can select one or more jurisdictions to be searched, limit your search to appellate decisions, and restrict your search by type of tribunal.

You can also use CanLII to retrieve cases by citation or name.

E-Resources

The Canadian Abridgment available on:

WestlawNext – Canada (LawSource)

Canadian encyclopedic digest (C.E.D.) (Western), 4th ed. includes coverage of Federal, Provincial (4 Western provinces) and Territorial legislation.

Titles related to Constitutional law include:

• Aboriginal Law. Volume 1, Title 1
• Administrative Law. Volume 2, Title 4
• Human Rights. Volume 32, Title 81
• Municipal Corporations-General. Volume 42, Title 107.2
• Parliament & Legislature. Volume 43, Title 113

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 is a multi-volume set includes coverage of Federal, Provincial & Territorial legislation

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

Titles related to Constitution Law and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms include:

• Aboriginal Law (HAB)
• Administrative Law (HAD)
• Constitutional Law: Charter Rights (HCHR)
• Constitutional Law: Division of Powers (HCL)
• Legislatures (HLE)

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

Also available electronically through: LexisAdvance® Quicklaw®

• Charter of Rights Newsletter
• Constitutional Forum (Const Forum). Forum Constitutionnel (Forum Const)
• National Journal of Constitutional Law (NJCL). Revue nationale de droit constitutionnel (RNDC)
• Review of Constitutional Studies (Rev Const Stud). Revue d’etudes constitutionnelles (R etudes const)
• The Supreme Court Law Review (Sup Ct L Rev)

Canadian Journal of Human Rights

LexisAdvance® Quicklaw®

WestlawNext – Canada (LawSource) – Contains a collection of Canadian journals and law reviews, as well as all articles and case comments appearing in Carswell law reports.

Heinonline – Provides full-text access to Canadian and international law reviews and legal journals.

Advocacy & Special Interest Groups

Advocacy & Special Interest Groups