 | KeyCite on WestlaweCARSWELL is an electronic
tool for finding judicial consideration of Canadian statutes and
regulations. You can search by name or by citation for the KeyCite result.
It is based on Canadian Statute Citations and has the same
historical depth and treatment codes. |
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| Canadian Statute Citations is published as part of the Canadian Abridgment. It covers judicial
consideration of statutes from all Canadian jurisdictions.
It is published in
regional segments. To find judicial consideration of a federal statute, check the
Canada/International volumes in the set, and then update using the monthly paper parts.
Coverage is quite comprehensive. No digest of the case is provided. For this reason, it
may be more efficient to first look through those citators
or annotated statutes providing digests of
the citing cases, and then go through this publication. |
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| Check whether an annotated version of your
statute exists. The annotation will contain references to judicial consideration of each statutory provision, and may
also cover legislative history of each provision. Sometimes the annotation will contain
additional information on the section, including the policy behind it and an analysis of
cases considering it. If there is an annotated version of your statute available, this is
a good place to start. |
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| CCH may have published a consolidated
version of your statute with commentary for each section, such as the Canada Corporations
Guide. Check for CCH publications on your topic using the CCH Rapid Finder Index.
Updates to CCH binders may not be interfiled. They are usually put under a tab for recent
developments. Be sure to always check the material under this tab, as the main volume may
not contain current information. |
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| The Canada Statute Citator primarily contains legislative history
information. However, it does include some coverage of judicial consideration. It is a
quick source to check for judicial consideration, but should never be the only place you
check. |
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| Quicklaw can be used to
find judicial consideration of a statute using QL
search syntax. |
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| Indices to case reporters usually contain a table for statutes judicially
considered. For example, the National Reporter is published with cumulative
indices containing a table for both statutes and regulations judicially considered. Topical reporters also contain this type of
information. |
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