Canada is based on an English common law system, except in Quebec which is civil law based on the French civil code. It is a federal system with 10 provinces and 3 territories. There are two official languages – English and French.

AUSTRALIA

There are two LexisNexis online services now available to UK customers designed to allow you to advise your clients on any queries relating to Canadian Law quickly and confidently:

• Lexis Practice Advisor Canada Collection, offering practical guidance and workflow tools

• LexisNexis Canada Research Library , providing access to primary law and expert commentary

LexisNexis Practical Advisor Canada Collection covers the following practice areas:

• Business Law (modules for Ontario, Alberta and BC)• Commercial Law• Corporate Law• Employment Law• In-House Counsel• Insolvency & Restructuring• Intellectual Property & Technology• Mergers & Acquisitions• Securities Law

The Canada Research Library contains:

• Administrative Law in Canada (Blake)• Akbar Collection of Securities Law Articles (f/k/a Allen and Akbar

Collection of Securities Law Articles)• Alan D. Gold’s Collection of Criminal Law Articles• Alberta Historical Legislation

• Alberta Judgments• Alberta Law Review• Alberta Legislation• Alberta Limitations Manual• Alberta Securities Commission Decisions• Alberta Statutes• All Netletters• An Overview of Canadian Mining Taxation (Calverley)• Annotated Youth Criminal Justice Act• Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform (CA)• Asper Review of International Business and Trade Law (CA)• Aviation Liability Law• Bidding and Tendering - What is the Law? (Sandori, Piggott)• Bottom Line• British Columbia Historical Legislation• British Columbia and Yukon Judgments• British Columbia Legislation• British Columbia Limitations Manual• British Columbia Securities Commission Decisions• Canada Business Corporations Act and Commentary (Fasken

Martineau DuMoulin LLP)• Canada Competition Tribunal Decisions• Canada Copyright Board Decisions• Canada Digest (all topics)• Canada Historical Legislation• Canada Immigration and Refugee Board, All Divisions• Canada Income Tax Act and Application Rules

CANADA

• Canada Justice News Releases• Canada Legislation• Canada National Energy Board Decisions• Canada Patent Appeal Board and Commissioner of Patents Decisions• Canada Privacy Commissioner Summaries of Findings• Canada Quantums• Canada Supreme Court Rules• Canada Tariff Board Reports• Canada Trade-marks Opposition Board Decisions• Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement, 1987• Canada-United States Law Journal• Canadian Agreement on Internal Trade• Canadian Business Corporations Law (McGuinness)• Canadian Case Summaries (f/k/a Dominion Report Service)• Canadian Civil Procedure Law (Abrams, McGuinness)• Canadian Collective Bargaining Law (Rayner)• Canadian Construction Labour and Employment Law• Canadian Construction Law Dictionary (Kirsh, Ivanoff)• Canadian Contract Law (Swan)• Canadian Environmental Law• Canadian Extradition Law Practice (Botting)• Canadian Federal Courts Practice (Hughes, Bédard, Renaud and

Horne)• Canadian Forms & Precedents• Canadian Franchise Law - A Practical Guide (So)• Canadian Immigration & Refugee Law Practice (Waldman)• Canadian Import and Anti-dumping Tribunal Decisions• Canadian Insurance Law Reporter• Canadian International Trade Tribunal Decisions• Canadian Internet Registration Authority Decisions• Canadian Journal of Family Law• Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence• Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal• Canadian Lawyer’s Internet Guide (Eisen)• Canadian Mining Law• Canadian Native Law Reporter• Canadian Oil and Gas• Canadian Patent Law (Perry, Currier)• Canadian Securities Regulation (Johnston, Rockwell)• Canadian Tort Law (Linden, Feldthusen)• Canadian Trademark Law (Scassa)• Castel & Walker: Canadian Conflict of Laws• Class Actions Law and Practice• Commercial Insolvency in Canada (McElcheran)• Constitutional Law of Canada, 9th edition (Magnet)• Construction Dispute Resolution Handbook (Silver, Furlong)• Construction Law in Canada (Ricchetti, Murphy)• Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter• Corporate Social Responsibility - A Legal Analysis (Kerr, Janda, Pitts)• Counselling Corporations and Advising Businesses (Iacovelli and Lan)• Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada• Dalhousie Law Journal• Director and Officer Liability in Corporate Insolvency (Sarra, Davis)• Dominion Tax Cases• Drafting Trusts & Will Trusts in Canada (Kessler and Hunter)• Employment Law in Canada• Employment Litigation Manual• Environmental Regulation in Canada• Exchequer Court Reports• Executive Employment Law• Family Mediation, Arbitration and Collaborative Practice (Landau,

Wolfson, Laudau)• Federal Court Judgments• Federal Courts Reports• Federal Limitations Manual

• Federico and Rondinelli: Pushing the Envelope• Federico and Rondinelli: The Genetic Witness• Federico and Rondinelli’s DNA Case Law Digests• Feeney’s Canadian Law of Wills• For the Defence; Newsletter of the Criminal Lawyers Association

(Ont.)• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade• General Principles of Canadian Insurance Law (Billingsley)• Gérard V. La Forest at the Supreme Court of Canada 1985-1997• Government Procurement (Emanuelli)• Halsbury’s Laws of Canada• Health Law Journal• Health Law Review• HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review• Hughes and Woodley on Patents• Hughes on Copyright and Industrial Design• Hughes on Trade Marks• IFC Performance Standards on Environmental & Social Sustainability

(Torrance)• Immigration Law and Practice• Impaired Driving in Canada (Kenkel)• Index to Canadian Legal Literature • Index to Canadian Literature on Intellectual Property• Indigenous Law Journal• Insurance Bad Faith (Hilliker)• Insurance Companies Act - Legislation and Commentary• Intellectual Property Management: Best Practices (Ramsay)• International Treaties• Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada Discipline

Decisions• Journal of Law & Equality• Kershman Collection of Bankruptcy and Insolvency Articles• Labour Arbitration Xpress Case Summaries• Liability Insurance Law in Canada (Hilliker)• Manitoba Judgments• Manitoba Law Journal• Manitoba Legislation• Manual of Oil and Gas Terms (Williams & Meyers)• McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and

Policy• McGill Journal of Law and Health (f/k/a McGill Health Law Publication)• McGill Law Journal• Modern Constitutionalism: Identity, Equality and Democracy

(Magnet)• Modern Trial Advocacy: Canada (Lubet, Block & Tape)• New Brunswick Judgments• New Brunswick Legislation• Newfoundland and Labrador Judgments• Newfoundland and Labrador Legislation• North American Free Trade Agreement (CA)• Northwest Territories Judgments• Nova Scotia Judgments• Nova Scotia Legislation• Nunavut Judgments• Ontario Historical Legislation• Ontario Judgments• Ontario Legislation• Ontario Limitations Manual• Ontario Reports• Osgoode Hall Law Journal• Ottawa Law Review• Palmer & Snyder: Collective Agreement Arbitration in Canada

(Snyder, et al.)• Prince Edward Island Judgments• Prince Edward Island Legislation

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• Privy Council Judgments• Quebec Legislation• Queen’s Law Journal• QuickCITE Case Citator• QuickCITE Legislation Citator• Ramsay on Technology Transfers• Resources: The Newsletter of the Canadian Institute of Resources

Law• Sale and Supply of Goods (McGuinness)• Saskatchewan Judgments• Saskatchewan Law Review• Saskatchewan Legislation• Shareholder Remedies in Canada• Siskinds Collection of Franchise Law Articles• Solicitor Forms & Precedents• Sopinka, Lederman & Bryant: The Law of Evidence in Canada (Bryant,

Lederman, Fuerst)• Supreme Court Law Review• Supreme Court of Canada Judgments• Supreme Court of Canada Service• Supreme Court Reports• Syrtash Collection of Family Law Articles• Tax Court of Canada Judgments• The Advocates’ Journal (f/k/a The Advocates’ Society Journal)• The Business in Transition: Making the Succession Plan Work (Bollefer

and Malach)

• The Canadian Brownfields Manual• The Canadian Law of Mortgages (Roach)• The Doctrine of Res Judicata (Lange)• The Law of Limitations (Mew)• The Law of Nuisance in Canada (Pun, Hall)• The Law of Search and Seizure in Canada (Fontana and Keeshan)• The Law of Treaties Between Aboriginal Peoples and the Crown in

Canada (McCabe)• The Lawyers Weekly (Canada) • The Oil & Gas Extractive Industries• The Oil and Gas Lease in Canada (Ballem)• University of British Columbia Law Review• University of New Brunswick Law Journal• University of Ottawa Law & Technology Journal• University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review• University of Toronto Law Journal• Wilson on Children and the Law• Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues• Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice• Wrongful Dismissal Notice Searcher• Wrongful Dismissal Practice Manual• Yukon Legislation