Once a decision is published, it can be found in a law report (a.k.a. law reporter). A law report contains the full-text of judicial decisions as well as supplementary information such as a summary of the main legal points in the decision, as well as the legislation, jurisprudence and doctrine cited in the decision.

There are two main categories of law reports :

i. General law reports

Within general law reports, you can find court decisions of one specific court (Canada Supreme Court Reports, Federal Court Reports) or several courts within a jurisdiction (Ontario Reports, Recueil de jurisprudence du Québec), or several courts within several jurisdictions (Dominion Law Reports).

ii. Specialized law reports

Specialized law reports include decisions which discuss specific subjects of Law, independent of the court or jurisdiction (Canadian Environmental Law Reports, Family Law Reports, Criminal Reports).

1.2.1 Law reports at the Brian Dickson Law Library

The Law Library houses a significant collection of law reports from Canada and abroad.

These journals are all listed in the library catalogue http://orbis.uottawa.ca/search/X as well as in a binder entitled Major Law Reports and Statutes by titles, location and abbreviations (copies located on the main floor of the library).                               

Made up of two parts, the first part presents the list by title, the second by abbreviation. Note that the general law reports are not classified (i.e. they do not have a call number) and are found on the 4^th floor, organized by jurisdiction. The row number is listed in the binder. The specialized law reports are located on the 5^th floor. The call numbers are listed in the binder.

The lists by title and by abbreviation can also be found at http://www.biblio.uottawa.ca/content-page.php?g=en&s=ftx&c=src-rep-stats

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