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Using Online Databases to Locate Judicial Decisions
by Annette Demers BA LLB MLIS
Judicial Decisions
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Use CanLii to find this source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Refugee Appeal Division
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Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Refugee Appeal Division
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COVERAGE: From December 15, 2012 through current
Canada Immigration and Refugee Board, Refugee Appeal Division Decisions
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CanLII
Continuous coverage from 2004 forward.
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
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As a student in a firm, you’ll get two main questions:
1. Bring me a copy of this case.2. Find cases on this topic.
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Use CanLii to find:
[1993] 1 SCR 462
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Use Quicklaw to find:
[1993] 1 SCR 462
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Use Quicklaw to find a copy of the Ruffolo case. It was heard before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal in 2009.
Are there any cases where the Chinese cultural custom of filial piety was considered in an award for damages for personal
injury?
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Key Legal Issues
The client has complained that she was denied a job due to racism.
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Key Legal Issues
The client has complained of discrimination on the basis of race in an applicationfor employment.
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Synonyms
accompliceaccessoryco-conspiratorabettor
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conspir!
conspireconspiredconspiringconspiracy
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Is the exception to the hearsay rule, known as the co-conspirators' exception, also known as the “Carter rule”, still good law? Locate
the Supreme Court case which answers this question.
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“co-conspirators' exception” or “Carter rule”
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Precedent
“Literally “to stand by things decided,” stare decisis is a rule that requires judges to follow or obey the rulings of other judges higher in the judicial hierarchy and is similar to the concept of a binding judicial precedent. When the facts in Case A are similar to Case B, the judge in Case B must follow the ruling in Case A if the judge in Case A is from a higher court in the same jurisdiction.” Tjaden, Legal Research and Writing, (3rd ed) (Irwin Law, 2010).
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In order to understand whether the outcome of a particular case is still good law, we must understand:
1. History of the case. Was the decision upheld on appeal?
2. Cases that have cited the case. Was the decision upheld in later decisions by higher levels of court, or was the decision overturned or modified in some way?
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Our Online databases provide electronic tools which help users to see:
1. History of case2. Cases that have cited other cases (judicial consideration).
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Algorithm
I need you to find any cases that deal with the constitutionality of detaining foreign nationals under a security certificate. I would like to see in particular the case that came down in 2006.
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constitutional! /s detain! and “security certificate”
2006
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