 | 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 statute from British Columbia,
check the British Columbia 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 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 British
Columbia 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 Statutes of British Columbia Judicially Considered includes the most
important cases considering British Columbia legislation. It is not comprehensive. It does
provide a brief summary of the point of law covered in the case, allowing you to judge
quickly whether the case is relevant to your research. It is published in looseleaf
format. A new edition is published each time a new statute revision is completed. |
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| The BC Decisions Statute Citator is published in a new set of volumes
every year. Because of this, it can be cumbersome to search. However, it is quite current
and includes unreported cases. It provides a digest of the case. |
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| Dart: British Columbia Statute Service is published on CD ROM
in Folioviews format by Western Legal Publications. It includes a full text consolidation
of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia 1996 and
Regulations, with
 | annotations of British Columbia and Supreme Court of Canada decisions interpretating the
statute, with links to Western Legal Publications' case digests |
| jumplinks to the full text of the judgments |
| cross-references and statutory history |
| Table of Statutes |
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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 British
Columbia Law Reports are published with cumulative indices containing a table for
both statutes and regulations judicially considered. |
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