Volume 4, Number 3, 1984
Articles
- Recent Developments in Family Law in Quebec - B.M. Knoppers and D. Bruder-Burman
The Goyette decision addresses the issue of the power of the court to authorize emergency surgery on a chlid despite parental refusal.In this case, the child was afflicted with Down's Syndrome, and the only way to save her life was to perform immediate surgery.The decision in Goyette was based on the best interests of the child and its constitutionally defined and protected rights.
- The Future of the Family, The Law, and the State - J.W. Mohr
No abstract available for this article.
- Resettlement of Minor Refugees: Some Interdisciplinary Issues - E.D. Pask and A. Jayne
After the collapse of the Saigon government in 1975, the outpouring of refugees from Vietnam gave rise to a number of problems. Existing national and international institutions were foreced to deal with the problems of disunited families, the technicalities of repatriation and resettlement, and the many unaccompanied children and minors who were often deemed too young to make their own decisions. Reserach was conducted in Asian refugee camps as well as in the immigrant communities in Canada.
- The "Incorrigible" Juvenile: History and Prerequisites of Reform in Ontario - I. Grant
The repeal of Section 8 of the Ontario Training Schools Act in 1975 was not simply the culmination of philosophical reforms in the definition of delinquency which had occurred over the previous decade. A second and equally important prerequisite was the rapid expansion during this same decade of community-based residential serices such as gropu homes and treatment centres. The notion of incorrigibility was incorporated into the juvenile justice system in the nineteenth century, with several futile efforts prior to World War II to separate "soft core" from "hard core" delinquents. Its repeal with Section 8 is best understood within this framework.
Review of Periodical Literature
- Rosalie S. Abella, "Procedural Aspects of Arrangements For Children Upon Divorce in Canada" (1983), 61 Can. B. Rev - Louise Richards
- George J. Annas and Sherman Elias, "In VitroFertilization and Embryo Transfer: Medicolegal Aspects of a New Technique to Create a Family" (1983), 17 Fam. L.Q. - Cathy Hagen
- John M. Eekellar, "International Child Abduction By Parents" (1982), 32 U. of Toronto L.J. - Catherine Morton
- Nicholas Rafferty, "Matrimonial Property and The Conflict of Laws" (1982), 20 U. of Western Ontario L.R. 2 - Catherine Morton
- Lisa G. Lerman, "Mediation of Wife Abuse Cases: The Adverse Impact of Informal Dispute Resolution on Women" (1984), 7 Harvard Women's L.J. - Birgit Eder
In The Family Courts
- Hamilton v. Hamilton
- W.K. and A.K. v. Children's Aid Society of Sarnia
- Becker v. Becker
- R. v. DiFilippo
Casenotes and Comments
- Some Ethical Aspects of Divorce Mediation - Laura M. McGee
Book Reviews
- Rosalie S. Abella and Claire L'Heureux-Dube, Eds., Family Law - Dimensions of Justice (Toronto: Butterworths, 1983). - Keith B. Farquhar
- J.D. McClean, Recognition of Family Judgments in the Commonwealth (London: Butterworths, 1983). - Christine Davies