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Online Resources

BC Laws

https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/

This site will provide you access to the current and historical BC Legislation.


CanLII is a non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet.

http://www.canlii.org/en/index.php


True Crime Library

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/index.html


Textbook

http://www.pearsoned.ca/school/secondary/law/

Ask your teacher for the Username/Password to access the Study guides. The Links page will work without un/pw.

Links from Law in Action

Chapter 1

p. 28:  Translation of the Magna Carta:

www.bl.uk/diglib/magna-carta/magna-carta-.html

p. 29:  The Great Binding Law: 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/iroquois.html

p. 30:  Law Museum: 

http://www.duhaime.org/museum.htm


Chapter 3

p. 54:  To access the BNA Act, 1867, now called the Constitution Act, 1867:

http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/

pp. 63-64:  To find provincial government information:

Provincial Government Information

Government of Alberta:
http://www.gov.ab.ca/

Government of British Columbia:
http://www.gov.bc.ca/

Government of Manitoba:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/

Government of New Brunswick:
http://www.gov.nb.ca/

Government of Newfoundland:
http://www.gov.nf.ca/

Government of Northwest Territories:
http://www.gov.nt.ca/

Government of Nova Scotia:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/

Government of Nunavut:
http://www.gov.nu.ca/

Government of Ontario:
http://www.gov.on.ca/

Government of Prince Edward Island:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/

Government of Quebec:
http://www.gouv.qc.ca/

Government of Saskatchewan:
http://www.gov.sk.ca/

Government of Yukon:
http://www.gov.yk.ca/

p. 66:  To check the progress of a federal bill:
http://www.parl.gc.ca


Chapter 4
p. 78:  Universal Declaration of Human Rights: (Historical Documents)
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
p. 79:  Canadian Bill of Rights:
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-12.3/


Chapter 5
pp. 113, 115:  

Provincial Human Rights Commissions

Alberta Human Rights Commission:
http://www.albertahumanrights.ab.ca/

British Columbia Human Rights Commission:
http://www.bchrc.gov.bc.ca/

Manitoba Human Rights Commission:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/hrc/

New Brunswick Human Rights Commission:
http://www.gnb.ca/hrc-cdp/e/index.htm

Newfoundland Human Rights Commission:
http://www.gov.nf.ca/hrc/

Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/humanrights/

Ontario Human Rights Commission:
http://www.ohrc.on.ca/

Prince Edward Island Human Rights Commission:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/humanrights/

Quebec Human Rights Commission:
http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/htmen.htm/1_0.htm

Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission:
http://www.gov.sk.ca/shrc/

Yukon Human Rights Commission:
http://www.yhcr.yk.ca/

Canadian Human Rights Commission:
http://www.chrt-tcdp.gc.ca/

p. 120:  Employment Equity Act:
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/E-5.401/index.html


Chapter 6
p. 142:  Criminal Code of Canada:
http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/


Chapter 7
p. 167:  For Case Law in all jurisdictions:
http://www.canlii.org


Chapter 8
p. 192:  Dakota-Ojibway Police Service:
http://www.dops.org/default.htm
p. 195:  Computer simulation for forensic scientist:
http://www.virualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Myst/en/remp/overview.html


Chapter 9
p. 223:  Criminal Code of Canada:
http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/


Chapter 10
p. 255:  Supreme Court Case R. v. Parks
http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/csc-scc.en/index.html
p. 259:  Statistics Canada research on criminal justice matters:
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/State/justic.htm
p. 263:  Aboriginal Justice Learning Network:
http://canada.justice.gc.ca./en/ps/ajln/index.html


Chapter 11
p. 296:  Canada's SchoolNet:
http://129.128.19.162/youthfaq/prison.html
(Federal Correctional System)
p. 301:  Pardons Canada:
http://www.pardons.org/fa_m_fs.htm

Chapter 13
p. 347:  Provincial Small Claims Courts:

Albert:
http://www.gov.ab.ca/just/lawu/roles7.html

British Columbia:
http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts_small_claims_court.html
Manitoba:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/

New Brunswick:
http://www.gnb.ca/

Newfoundland and Labrador:
http://www.gov.nf.ca/

Northwest Territories:
http://www.gov.nt.ca/

Nova Scotia:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/

Nunavut:
http://www.gov.nu.ca/

Ontario:
http://www.gov.on.ca/

Prince Edward Island:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/

Quebec:
http://www.gouv.qc.ca/

Saskatchewan:
http://www.gov.sk.ca/

Yukon:
http://www.gov.yk.ca/
p. 358:  To share points of view on conflict resolution:
Youth page of the Peacebuilders: http://www.nicr.ca/peace/

Chapter 16
p. 419:  Banns of Marriage and
p. 420:  Procedure for taking her husband's surname:
Provincial statutes for Marriage:

Government of Albert:
http://www.gov.ab.ca/

Government of British Columbia:
http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/

Government of Manitoba:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/

Government of New Brunswick:
http://www.gov.nb.ca/

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador:
http://www.gov.nf.ca/

Government of Northwest Territories:
http://www.gov.nt.ca/

Government of Nova Scotia:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/

Government of Nunavut:
http://www.gov.nu.ca/

Government of Ontario:
http://www.gov.on.ca/

Government of Prince Edward Island:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/

Government of Quebec:
http://www.gouv.qc.ca/index_en.html

Government of Saskatchewan:
http://www.gov.sk.ca/

Government of Yukon:
http://www.gov.yk.ca/

p. 430:  To find shelters and help for abused women:
http://www.hotpeachpages.org/

Chapter 17
p. 444:  Federal child support amounts:
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/sup/pub/pdftab.html
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/sup/grl/ligfed.html


Chapter 19
p. 508:  To view Provincial Sale of Goods Acts:

Government of Albert:
http://www.gov.ab.ca/

Government of British Columbia:
http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/

Government of Manitoba:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/

Government of New Brunswick:
http://www.gov.nb.ca/

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador:
http://www.gov.nf.ca/

Government of Northwest Territories:
http://www.gov.nt.ca/

Government of Nova Scotia:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/

Government of Nunavut:
http://www.gov.nu.ca/

Government of Ontario:
http://www.gov.on.ca/

Government of Prince Edward Island:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/

Government of Quebec:
http://www.gouv.qc.ca/index_en.html

Government of Saskatchewan:
http://www.gov.sk.ca/

Government of Yukon:
http://www.gov.yk.ca/

To view federal consumer protection:

Government of Canada:
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/


Unit 3 Career Connections
p. 334:
http://www.jobfutures.ca/
http://www.careerpathsonline.com/