Research guides: ABT: Applied Business Technology: Legal Office

Suggested background information

Legal Literacy: An Introduction to Legal Studies by Archie Zariski
Call Number: Online book. Click title for access.
Legal Literacy, with a focus on the Canadian legal system, provides a foundational understanding of key concepts such as legal personhood, jurisdiction, and precedent, and by introducing students to legal research and writing skills. Examples of cases, statutes, and other legal materials support these concepts. Includes an excellent glossary.
English Legal Terminology by Helen Gubby
Call Number: Online book. Click title for access.
Legal English is a professional language. This means that a good command of ordinary English does not make a student automatically proficient in legal English. This book offers: vocabularies providing sets of legal terminology associated with the legal system, civil procedure, EU law, tort, contract law and company law; text putting the terms in the vocabulary into their legal context, etc.
Canadian Family Law by Julien Payne & Marilyn Payne
Call Number: KE 539 P395 2013
Guide to wills & estates : British Columbia edition by Komorowska, Gabrielle M.
Call Number: KEB 245 K65 2014 Interurban
Indigenous perspectives on business ethics and business law in Canada by Annette Sorensen and Scott van Dyk
Call Number: Online book. Click title to access.

BC Laws This link opens in a new window
Provides current British Columbia legislation, statutes, regulations and related information such as Third Reading Bills, Gazette Part I & II and Orders-in-Council (formerly QPLegaleze).

Courts of British Columbia
This Superior Courts of BC site covers the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and Provincial Court.
Clicklaw
From the Courthouse Libraries BC, this site features legal information and education resources aimed at the public contributed to the site directly by 24 founding contributor organizations.
A Guide to legislation and legislative process in British Columbia
Prepared by the Ministry of Justice, Province of British Columbia
Learning about the law
One of several Wikibooks available through the Clicklaw website.
BC Legal Directory
The 2019 edition of the BC Legal Telephone Directory is the final print edition. This online source from the Canadian Bar Association BC Branch is the most up-to-date information
Continuing Legal Education of British Columbia

CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute)
CanLII’s website is the largest online resource providing access to legal documents from Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments.
Federal Court of Canada
Includes the history, scope of authority, members, court decisions, and much more.
Supreme Court of Canada
Includes cases, appeal judgments, Supreme Court reports, etc.
Parliament of Canada - A Parliamentary Primer
How Parliament works, how laws are made.
How Canadians Govern Themselves
From the Library of Parliament.
LegalTree.ca
A resource for lawyers, by lawyers. This site has research links and articles, legislation, directories, etc.

Glossary of legal terminology
From the BC Laws website
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
Covers Britain, Canada (and other Commonwealth countries) and the US.

The Law - A timeline from 1700 to today.
A timeline from the Canadian Encyclopedia that includes moments related to law, crime and legal reform in Canada.
Foundations: A history of Canada and its Parliament
From the Parliament of Canada

Beginner's guide to finding legal information
Published in October 2015. "Written by librarians at Courthouse Libraries BC, the new Guide gives a basic introduction to understanding laws & legislation, and gives how-to instructions to find specific legal resources on a given topic."
BC Provincial Court & the Rule of Law
A media guide created by the BC Courts for journalists & the public to understand court functions & processes. Plain language guide with useful illustrations.
Canadian Legal Research and Writing Guide
Considered one of the best sources for Canadian legal research - provides tips on research techniques.
APA citation guide
Camosun library's APA guide. Find information about APA and legal citation including McGill guide examples.
Legal Citation Guide
From Mcgill U. Provides examples.
Find a Court Form
From Legal Aid BC as it relates to Family Law. See also this page Legal Forms & Documents

Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World newsletter
Governance and Recordkeeping Around The World is a free, online newsletter that highlights issues pertaining to public administration and recordkeeping practices in the public and private sector
NALS - the Association of Legal Professionals