Canadian Encyclopedic Digest
- Canadian Encyclopedic Digest - (Westlaw)Relevant titles in the CED include: Agriculture; Aviation; Drainage; Environmental Law; Fish and Wildlife; Insurance; International Law; Mines and Minerals; Municipal Corporations; Negligence; Nuisance; Oil and Gas; Planning and Zoning; Public Health and Welfare; Real Property; Shipping; Timber; Trespass; War and Emergency; Waters and Watercourses
Halsbury's Laws of Canada
- Halsbury's Laws of CanadaHalsbury's Laws of Canada are available from the Lexis Advance Quicklaw homepage. Relevant titles in Halsbury's Laws of Canada include: Aboriginal; Administrative Law; Agriculture; Criminal Offences and Defences; Environment; Food; Hunting and Fishing; Maritime; Mines and Minerals; Negligence and other Torts; Criminal Offences and Defences; Oil and Gas; Public Utilities; Real Property; Wildlife, Livestock and Pets
How to Use Legal Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia entries are written by legal experts as a way to orient researchers exploring a new topic. For environmental law topics, encyclopedias can clarify if a particular area of law falls under federal, provincial, or municipal jurisdiction, with links to relevant primary law. The table of contents for an entry list out the major topics within an area of law. For instance, the Hasbury's Laws of Canada entry for Environment includes an overviews of regulation by specific topics such as regulatory schemes, air, water, solid waste, toxic and hazardous substances, etc.
A subsection of an encyclopedia on a particular topic will give an overview of law and provide links to the relevant legislation and case law within the footnotes. Students should refer to this primary source material for their research. For instance, the Canadian Encyclopedia Digest entry for Agriculture, subsection on pesticides, describes the basics of law in this area with footnotes linking to relevant federal legislation, regulations, and case law.
