Secondary Sources

Find case summaries by criminal law issue

Use the Carswell's Criminal Law Digest in CriminalSource to browse cases by issue. Issues are available by general criminal subjects, offences, and evidence.
Each case summary contains the full decision, citation, background facts, disposition, and more.
  1. In Westlaw Edge Canada, select
    My Subscriptions
    , then
    CriminalSource
    .
  2. Select
    Carswell's Criminal Law Digest
    .
  3. Select the topic you want to research. Some topics have sub-categories to select to refine your search further.
  4. Use the Jursidiction section of the results page to filter the case summaries available. 
  5. Browse the cases available and select the name for a case to read the full decision.

This article applies to:

  • Product: Westlaw Edge Canada
  • Subject: Citations, Documents

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