Law Links


Supreme court rulings.
http://csc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/

Click here for the Toronto Star's special series on Crime and 
Punishment, published in the summer of 2008.
http://www.thestar.com/specialsections/crime

The Ontario Justice Education Network--a fantastic resource.  
Their links page is WAY better than my links page.
http://www.ojen.ca/eng/

For those of you who are stuggling writers, here's an invaluable 
on-line style guide.
http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk5.html

Canadian legal information institute
http://www.canlii.org/index_en.html

The Criminal Code of Canada, on line version.  
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/index.html

Here's a really cool site put together by professors and students 
at Osgoode Hall law school.  They have easy to understand 
commentary about a number of major precedent cases.
http://www.thecourt.ca/

So you want to go to law school, eh?
http://www.canadian-universities.net/Law-Schools/index.html

ACJnet is a fantastic overall law resource.  Links to everything 
you could ever need in law.
http://www.acjnet.org/nahome/default.aspx

A link to help you with your legal bulletin assignment.
http://jurist.law.utoronto.ca/issues.htm

A great site--legal FAQ's.
http://www.law-faqs.org/nat.htm

A good site for info about sexual assault.  Be sure to look at 
the Sexual Violence facts page.
http://orcc.net

The Supreme Court of Canada.
http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/

Charter Info
http://www.canlii.org/ca/com/chart/index.html

Canadian Enviornmental Law Association
http://www.cela.ca

In case you actually needed another way to put off finishing your 
homework...
http://www.crazycriminals.com/


Questions about your rights at work?  Look here for answers.
http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/site/youngworkers/index.html


Link # 20.

The CSI Cawthra assignment.
http://teacherweb.com/WQ/HighSchool/CSIWebQuest/

The Toronto Police force's site on forensics.  Very interesting...
http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/forensics/


Interested in women's issues in the law?  Take a look at this 
site--the Ontario Women's Justice league.
http://www.owjn.org/


The Canadian government website on the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/yj/repository/index.html

Who decides what kind of explicit material gets into Canada?  
Canada Customs.  Find out how they decide by visiting the link 
below.
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d9/d9-1-1-eng.html


The web page for the Mississauga Police.  Lots of interesting 
links!
http://www.peelpolice.on.ca

You should know more than you do about the Youth Criminal Justice 
Act.  If you work through this unit at home and earn a 
certificate, show it to me for bonus marks!
http://www.lawcourtsed.ca/ycja/

Link # 30

Want to write a law?  Here's a sample bill to give you an idea 
what it should look like.
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/education/empu/english/resources/sample1a_e.htm

Here's a REAL private member's bill--it deals with street racing.
http://www.parl.gc.ca/38/1/parlbus/chambus/house/bills/private/C-230/C-230_1/C-230_cover-E.html

Want to look at some samples of PROVINCIAL private member's 
bills?  Look here.
http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/features/makingthegrade/examples.html

Here's the government's site on the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/yj/ycja/explan.html

For those of you looking at Civics reform--a link to a site that 
lets you compare the curriculum of different provinces.  Notice 
how many of them offer Civics at the Grade 11 level!
http://www.cmec.ca/tguide/2004/index.en.html

A great link for researching the film "Mississippi 
Burning."
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/price&bowers/price&bowers.htm

A great link for researching the film "Malcolm X."
http://www.cmgww.com/historic/malcolm/home.php

An international site devoted to fighting anti-Semitism.  
http://www.adl.org/

Another good site--this one Canadian--for researching anti-
Semitism.
http://www.bnaibrith.ca/league/league.htm

An interesting--a link about safety on the internet. Take a look--
bet you learn something you didn't know.
http://www.internet101.ca/en/index.php

Link # 40!!!

Another interesting page. (Thanks, J.C.!)
http://www.cippic.ca/en/faqs-resources/lawful-access/#faq_what-lawful-access-powers

Here's a great link of sample sketches by a courtroom artist.
http://www.nopepperspray.org/rudin.htm

Here's a great document reviewing proper courtroom procedure 
during mock trial competitions.
http://www.ojen.ca/fra/main_fr/documents/YorkRegionOJENTournamentGuide2006.pdf

Of course, you should have the link to the Canadian Civil 
Liberties Association.
http://www.ccla.org/

What about the victims of crime?  Look at this website, 
especially their FAQ's and their links page, for the most in-
depth look at the issue of victim's rights in Canada
http://www.victimsweek.gc.ca/home-acceil.html

A great link for my lawyers during mock trial.
http://www.criminaldefense.homestead.com/Opening.html


Interested in environmental law?  Check out EarthJustice.
http://www.earthjustice.org


Link # 50 !!!
The "ROPE" squad hunts down offenders who have jumped parole. 
Here's there website.
http://www.opp.ca/Investigative/ROPE/index.htm

A bit juvenille, but a fun, interactive overview of the court 
system called Court Prep."
http://www.courtprep.ca/en/

Proof that we should only be a little afraid of most criminals.
http://www.dumbcrooks.com/

A link to Ontario's Marriage act.  Do a search on "form of 
ceremony" to find the answer to question 9 on p. 423.
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Versions/Statutes/English/90m03_eV001.htm

Great website by the Canadian Human Rights Commission--allows you 
to jump around a timeline and read short summaries of key cases 
from history involving human rights.
http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/en/index.asp

LAW:  Virtual Exhibits on Forensic Science 
(This is for your forensics homework assignment.)
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Myst/en/index.html

Justice for Children and Youth is an outstanding organization 
dedicated to promoting the rights of children and young people.  
If you have questions about the YCJA, marijuana, or anything else 
to do with law, or if you need a lawyer, this is a great site to 
visit.
http://www.jfcy.org/

Here's an idea for next summer...
http://www.students.utoronto.ca/Summer_Mentorship_Program.htm

I can't believe I just found this...looks great.
http://www.lawinaction.ca/

An excellent web site based out of BC--the Law Courts Education 
Society.  The cases we use in our mock trial are from this site.  
Great info, especially on Aboriginal law and the Youth Criminal 
Justice Act.
http://www.lces.ca/lces_home/

The Constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy.  Fascinating.
http://www.constitution.org/cons/iroquois.htm

Have a complaint about the police?  Here's where you go.
http://www.occps.ca/default.asp

A guest speaker from the Sexual Assault/Rape Crisis Centre gave 
me this link.
http://www.themissgproject.org/

The Report on "Stolen Sisters."
http://www.amnesty.ca/campaigns/sisters_overview.php

This is a fantastic resource for solid academic research on a 
wide range of topics.
http://www.glenforestlibrary.com/library/databases.html

Fascinating.
http://www.insideprison.com/


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