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Quicklaw
Quicklaw is a Canadian electronic legal research database that provides court decisions from all levels, news reports, provincial and federal statutes, journals, and other legal commentary. It also offers a case citator and case digests.
vLex Global
World-wide legal database containing legislation, jurisprudence, commentary, forms, legal news, and more from many countries (extensiveness of each collection varies) including Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Chile (Search in English or the vernacular; materials in the vernacular with some translation capabilities) (Yale access only).
Canada Issue Papers, Extended Responses & Country Fact Sheets
IPSs and EPs contain in-depth research on issues relevant to the refugee determination process; CFSs contain political, socio-economic, and other fact-based information about a country
Canada National Documentation Packages
Selection of documents on human rights, security conditions and other issues that are relevant to the determination of refugee protection claims in Canada
Les travaux préparatoires et l'interprétation du Code civil du Québec
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