Watch these Courthouse Libraries BC video tutorials to learn research techniques and strategies.
 | | Researching Legislation, Part 1: Tracing Legislation Back How to trace legislation back in time to when it was first enacted, using resources available through Courthouse Libraries BC. This tutorial traces a law back to the 1940s that makes publishing or selling a crime comic a criminal offence in Canada. Watch this Video (8:14) | Watch all 3 Parts (18:21) Watch in other ways: Watch on YouTube |
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 | | Researching Legislation, Part 2: Noting Up Legislation How to note up legislation to see whether any cases have considered it, using LawSource (Westlaw Canada), a product available at Courthouse Library locations across BC. Have any court cases actually considered the law that makes publishing or selling crime comics illegal? Watch this Video (6:21) | Watch all 3 Parts (18:21) Watch in other ways: Watch on YouTube |
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 | | Researching Legislation, Part 3: Legislative Intent How to research the intent behind a piece of legislation by tracking the legislative debates at the time the legislation was introduced. Just what was the thinking in the late 1940s behind making it a criminal offence to publish or sell crime comics? Watch this Video (4:08) | Watch all 3 Parts (18:21) Watch in other ways: Watch on YouTube |