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Dispute Resolution and ADR

A guide to dispute resolution resources in UVic Libraries.

Definitions

Legislation:

Also called statutes and acts, these are laws produced in legislatures.

Case law:

Also called decisions, judgments, and sometimes precedents, these are laws created in the courts by judges.

 

Primary Sources

Research note

Consult secondary resources (books and articles) before primary (cases and legislation) to:

  • shorten your work by relying on the research already done by legal experts.
  • find most important cases and legislation
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