It seems we have not posted Jureeka [1] to Slaw yet. It is a service that provides linkages between legal information searchers and providers. As part of the effort, it offers a Firefox extension [2] that detects legal citations on the web and displays them as links. The extension is now is functional for citations to Canadian resources [3], including
- The Constitution Acts (1867 and 1982)
- Supreme Court cases from 1876 to the present (S.C.R. and SCC citations)
- Federal Court cases from 1988 to the present (F.C. citations)
- Consolidated Statutes of Canada
- Consolidated Regulations of Canada
The fact that such extensions mess with, or ‘improve’ the work of the authors of webpages can be a bit of a problem sometimes, though. Especially if you have multiple such extensions attached to your browser. Thanks to Tim Knight for posting this to the CALL list.
UPDATE:
Some users have reported difficulties installing this add-on. Also, it has ‘experimental’ status at Mozilla, meaning it has not been fully tested…