Introductory-level secondary sources help you quickly get up to speed on an unfamiliar area of law.
Here are some tools for locating reliable introductory information on your research topic:
Law Library Subject Guides: an excellent source for locating the most up-to-date introductory texts on many legal ropics.
Essentials of Canadian Law Series: books in this series provide introductions to a broad range of legal subjects including tort law, contract law, environmental law, constitutional law, evidence, and more.
Elgar Advanced Introductions to Law: books in this series provide concise introductions to a variety of legal topics, especially those that have a global, comparative, or international aspect.
Halsbury's Laws of Canada: A comprehensive legal encylcopedia of Canadian law published by LexisNexis Canada. Available to law students with Lexis Advance Quicklaw passwords.
Treatises, looseleafs and other types of books provide in-depth coverage of legal topics. They may explain, synthesize, and analyze the law. They can be located using the following research tools:
