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• Introduction
  
  
• 1.1 What is Jurisprudence
  
  
• 1.2 How is Case Law Compiled
  
  
• 1.3 Finding Case Law
  
  
• 1.4 Secondary Sources
  
  
• 1.5 Case Law Indexes
  
  
• 1.6 Case Digests
  
  
• 1.7 Commercial and Legal Information Institute Databases
  
  
• 1.8 The Canadian Abridgement
  
  
• 1.9 What Can I Find by Using the Canadian Abridgment?
  
  
• 1.10 Updating and Noting-Up Cases
  
  
• 1.11 Updating and Noting-Up Using the Canadian Abridgment
  
  
• 1.12 Noting-Up Electronically
  
  
• 1.13 Noting-Up Electronically with QuickCITE
  
  
• 1.14 Noting-Up Electronically with KeyCite Canada
  
  
• Review and Conclusion
  
  

Case Law and the Canadian Abridgement – Updating and Noting-Up Using the Canadian Abridgment

You can update cases utilizing the Consolidated Table of Cases, which is part of the Canadian Abridgment. It provides the history of the case, including prior or subsequent developments (see Fig 1.1).

Fig 1.1 Consolidated Table of Cases: Sample Entry

You can note-up cases utilizing Canadian Case Citations, another part of the Canadian Abridgment. It provides the history of the case, including subsequent decisions, developments in the case and any judicial treatments the case received in another decision (see Fig 1.2).

Fig 1.2 Canadian Case Citations: Sample Entry