Charterpedia (DoJ)
The federal Department of Justice just released Charterpedia – a freely available resource on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Charterpedia is based on the Department’s internal legal research tools used by Justice lawyers and staff to keep on top of Charter issues and developments in case law.
For each Charter section and subsection , Charterpedia contains:
- brief overviews of any similar provisions in other international or foreign legal instruments;
- a summary of the purpose of the provision based on Canadian jurisprudence; and
- a detailed analysis of how the courts have interpreted and applied the provision with citations to the leading cases.
Charterpedia entries will be updated every six months and is sure to be a go to resource for lawyers and students researching the Charter.
**Update January 23, 2018:
You can now find Charterpedia in the UVic Library catalogue**
Related Resources
Don’t forget the Law Library has several excellent resources on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Below is a small sample.
For a more complete list check out the subject headings Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Constitutional law Canada.