Secondary Sources

Activity 1

1. Annotated Statutes are a primary source of law.

True or false?

2. Of the following four approaches, which method IS NOT a legitimate way to locate statutes?

  1. Locate a statute by title.
  2. Locate a statute by citation.
  3. Locate a statute by subject-matter.
  4. Locate a statute by author.

3. Locating a statute without knowing the citation or title, using only the subject-matter is easy and straightforward.

True or false?

4. Why is it important to always note up your legislation?

  1. The process of noting up a statute can point you to several leading cases that deal with your legal issue.
  2. Judgments that focus on a particular piece of legislation offer helpful explanations and interpretations of complex statutes and sections.
  3. The manner in which a statute or section is interpreted by the Court carries significant influence and typically affects the way that statute or section is interpreted in the future.
  4. All of the above.

5. Which of the following sources IS NOT used to note up Ontario legislation?

  1. Quicklaw's QuickCITE feature
  2. Westlaw's KeyCite feature
  3. CanLII
  4. The e-Laws government website
  5. The Canadian Statute Citations (a part of the Canadian Abridgment)

6. You can officially update your Ontario legislation using the Ontario Statute Citator.

True or false?

7. The Smoke-Free Ontario Act was enacted in 1994. Where is the printed version of this statute published?

  1. The Revised Statutes of Ontario (R.S.O.), 1990.
  2. The Ontario Statute Citator
  3. The Statutes of Ontario (S.O.), 1994.
  4. The Revised Regulations of Ontario (R.R.O.), 1990.

8. The Occupier's Liability Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.2 has been amended.

True or false?

9. Generally speaking, textbooks and treatises are approachable and provide a broad overview and summary of a particular legal subject. It is for this reason that they are an excellent place to begin.

True or false?

10. Textbooks and treatises are commonly cited as binding authority.

True or false?

11. A great benefit of using the Irwin Law Inc. e-Book Collection is that it allows you to search the entire text of a textbook in PDF format.

True or false?

12. Textbooks and treatises are a useful source when it comes to locating case law and legislation.

True or false?

13. Which of the following legal subjects is least likely to be the topic or focus of a textbook or treatise?

  1. Health Law
  2. Environmental Law
  3. Domain Name Disputes & "Cybersquatting"
  4. Negligence

Activity 2

Draw a line between the research steps (left column) to the correstponding research tools (right column.)

Secondary Sources

  1. Locate relevant statute citations
  2. Locate a printed statute using its citation
  3. Locate a statute in electronic format
  4. Locate a Government Bill
  5. Unofficially update an Ontario statute
  6. Note up Ontario législation
  7. Locate regulations (in electronic form) created under a particular statute
  8. Officially update an Ontario statute
  1. The e-Laws website
  2. KeyCite, QuickCITE, CanLII, and the Canadian Statute Citations
  3. Ontario Statute Citator
  4. Secondary Sources
  5. Statutes of Ontario, Revised Statutes of Ontario
  6. CanLII, Westlaw, Quicklaw, e-Laws
  7. The Ontario Legislative Assembly website
  8. Table of Public Statutes

Secondary Sources

Activity 3

Using an online database of your choice, draw a line between the statue titles (left column) and their corresponding citations (right column). Remember that you can search for the title using the citation and vice versa.

Secondary Sources

  1. Bees Act
  2. Historical Parks Act
  3. Safe Streets Act
  4. Sabrina's Law
  5. Income Tax Act
  6. Clean Water Act
  1. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.9
  2. R.S.O. 1990, c. I.2
  3. S.O. 2006, c. 22
  4. S.O. 2005, c. 7
  5. S.O. 1999, c. 8
  6. R.S.O. 1990, c. B.6

Secondary Sources

Activity 4

Using an online database of your choice, draw a line between the statue titles (left column) and their corresponding citations (right column). Remember that you can search for the title using the citation and vice versa.

Secondary Sources

  1. Christopher's Law (Sex Offender Registry)
  2. Apology Act
  3. Arboreal Emblem Act
  4. Negligence Act
  5. Perpetuities Act
  6. Parental Responsibility
  7. Good Samaritan
  1. S.O. 2009, c. 3
  2. R.S.O. 1990, c. N.1
  3. S.O. 2000, c. 1
  4. R.S.O. 1990, c. P.9
  5. R.S.O. 1990, c. A.25
  6. S.O. 2000, c. 4
  7. S.O. 2001, c. 2

Secondary Sources

Answers

Activity 1

  1. False
  2. D
  3. False
  4. D
  5. D
  6. False
  7. C
  8. False
  9. True
  10. False
  11. True
  12. True
  13. C

Activity 2

  1. D
  2. E
  3. F
  4. G
  5. C
  6. B
  7. A
  8. H

Activity 3

  1. F
  2. A
  3. E
  4. D
  5. B
  6. C

Activity 4

  1. C
  2. A
  3. E
  4. B
  5. D
  6. F
  7. G