Research Assignment

Legal Research and Writing

IMM103

Student First Name:

Student Last Name:

Student ID Number:

Instructor Name:

Date:

Instructions: 1. Read instructions carefully.

2. Attempt all questions.
3. Due date: ______________________________________

RESULTS:

TOTAL: _____/56
Legal Research and Writing (IMM103) Research Assignment – Page 1 of 5

INSTRUCTIONS

Please review the following questions very carefully and provide a comprehensive answer in the
spaces provided. Please state the paper source and an online source for each, if possible.

SHORT ANSWER

Where would you look for:

1. A federal bill or a bill of your provincial legislature, if you know the bill number? 4
Marks

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Whether the wording of a given statutory provision was different in the previous revision
of statutes? 4 Marks

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

© 2016 October 18, 2016

Legal Research and Writing (IMM103) Research Assignment – Page 2 of 5

3. The text of a statute of your provincial legislature whose name you know?4 Marks

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Whether a statute of your province or a federal statute has been amended?4 Marks

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

© 2016 October 18, 2016

Legal Research and Writing (IMM103) Research Assignment – Page 3 of 5

5. The text of a federal statute whose name you know? 4 Marks

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Whether there’s a statute of your province or a federal statute on a given subject? 6

Marks

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

© 2016 October 18, 2016

Legal Research and Writing (IMM103) Research Assignment – Page 4 of 5

7. Whether a statute of your province or federal statute has been proclaimed in force yet?10
Marks

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

© 2016 October 18, 2016

Legal Research and Writing (IMM103) Research Assignment – Page 5 of 5

ONLINE RESEARCH

8. Please go online and find the reported/published cases of: any 5 cases from the IRB; any
5 cases from the Ontario Court of Appeal (related to immigration matters only); any 5
cases from the Federal Court of Canada (related to immigration matters only); and any 5
cases from the Supreme Court of Canada (related to immigration matters only). As you
find each case, save the PDF or WORD version of each and PRINT THE FIRST PAGE
ONLY. (Be sure full citation information is written on first page. If citation information is
on second page, please hand that page in instead) Staple your 20 pages to this
assignment. Hand in for marking. 20 Marks.

© 2016 October 18, 2016