Tens of thousands of
legal treatises from the 19th century and early 20th century.
Far better for the Canadian legal profession to use Halsburys Laws of England with a few footnote references to Canadian cases in what was known as the «Canadian Converter», and major
legal treatises from the U.K., than to use the obviously inferior publications that would be written by Canadian authors.
Not exact matches
Judgments routinely incorporate phrases and paragraphs
from a variety of sources, such as decided cases,
legal treatises, pleadings, and arguments of the parties.
Their material will be added to a collection that already includes full - text commentary and textbooks including the Développements récents (annual reviews of areas of law), the Collection de droit (Bar School materials), proceedings of the annual Quebec Bar Association congresses, a growing number of
treatises from publisher Wilson & Lafleur, numerous annotated acts, case law, and a list of thousands of
legal questions with their corresponding answers.
This is attributable in part to the very practical approach taken in its publications, distinguishing them
from coventional
treatises, most of which are now in looseleaf format with the associated expense and inconvenience so unpopular with the
legal community.
The range and depth of the publishing programme,
from major encyclopedias in French as well as in English, to annual practice volumes,
treatises and monographs, is unmatched and has given the company the content it needs to become the leading information provider in print and digital formats in the Canadian market for
legal information for years to come.
With the analytics of Docket Alarm, secondary
treatises from Wolters Kluwer,
legal news
from LexBlog, and our innovative research platform and mobile apps, Fastcase is a complete solution for
legal researchers.»
To put this in context, in Chapter 8 of the second edition of my Irwin Law book called
Legal Research and Writing (which itself is available as an e-book on Quicklaw and as 1 of 12 digital books available directly
from Irwin Law), I list by topic what I think are the leading Canadian law - related books or
treatises, a list which resulted in just over 800 titles.
The bulk of
legal work and questions
from commercial clients are not so uniquely positioned as to be incapable of being addressed in sufficient manner without the
treatise of a law firm memo to client drafted
from scratch.
Much of this article was incorporated
from Chapter Twenty of the
legal treatise Bogdanow, Massachusetts Tort Damages (Lexis Legal Publish
legal treatise Bogdanow, Massachusetts Tort Damages (Lexis
Legal Publish
Legal Publishing).
The ipad may also help re-establish the pre-eminent position of the
legal treatise as the starting point in
legal research, freeing the mind of the user
from the distraction of unlimited access to case law and legislation, which some believe impedes the quality of
legal research.
Avoid two days of
legal research by borrowing a
treatise and getting a tutorial on your specific issue
from a seasoned expert, and you've saved $ 10,000 in time.
Their guides, bulletins and commentary articles will be added to a collection that already includes full - text commentary and textbooks including the Développements récents (annual reviews of areas of law), the Collection de droit (Bar School materials), proceedings of the annual Quebec Bar Association congresses, a growing number of
treatises from publisher Wilson & Lafleur, numerous annotated acts, case law, and a list of thousands of
legal questions with their corresponding answers.