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• Introduction

1. Introduction to Secondary Sources

• 1.1 What are Secondary Sources?
  
  
• 1.2 Why Search for Secondary Sources?
  
  
• 1.3 When to Search for Secondary Sources
  
  
• 1.4 Choosing a Source: How to Locate Secondary Sources
  
  

2. Textbooks

• 2.1 Textbooks: Expert Authority on Settled Law
  
  
• 2.2 Locating Textbooks: Using the Library Catalogue
  
  
• 2.3 e-Books
  
  

3. Legal Encyclopedias

• 3.1 Legal Encyclopedias
  
  
• 3.2 The Canadian Encyclopedic Digest
  
  
• 3.3 Using the CED
  
  
• 3.4 The CED Online
  
  
• 3.5 Halsbury's Laws of Canada
  
  
• 3.6 Using Halsbury's Laws of Canada
  
  

4. Government Documents

• 4.1 Government Documents
  
  
• 4.2 Locating Law Reform Commission Reports
  
  

5. Legal Dictionaries

• 5.1 Legal Dictionaries & Books of Words and Phrases
  
  
• 5.2 Legal Dictionaries
  
  
• 5.3 Books of Words and Phrases
  
  
• Review and Conclusion
  
  

Secondary Sources – Legal Dictionaries

The most popular Canadian legal dictionaries are:

• the Dictionary of Canadian Law, 3d ed., by Dukelow [KE 183 .D83 2004]; and
• the Canadian Law Dictionary, 4th ed., by Yogis [KE 183 .Y63 1998].

Another commonly used legal dictionary is Black's Law Dictionary, 8th ed., [KF 156 .B53 2004].

• It is an American publication that is also accessible through WLeC.
• However, because this is an American publication, make sure you don't attribute an American definition to a word that has a distinct meaning within the Canadian legal system!

There is also a wide variety of online dictionaries and reference pages.

• A listing of some of these online resources is available here on the Brian Dickson Law Library webpage.