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Family Law, Ronald R. Tweel, Elizabeth P. Coughter, Jason P. Seiden Nov 2011

Family Law, Ronald R. Tweel, Elizabeth P. Coughter, Jason P. Seiden

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Gimme Shelter, Robert Leckey Apr 2011

Gimme Shelter, Robert Leckey

Dalhousie Law Journal

Highlighting the family home's significance as shelter this paper challenges the prevailing view of the demands of the equality guarantee in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms regarding unmarried cohabitants. In Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Walsh, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the claim that it was discriminatory to restrict rules dividing matrimonial property to married couples. By contrast, on many views it is discriminatory to exclude cohabitants from a support obligation. Scholars and judges assume that Walsh upholds all statutory rules regarding married spouses and their property, including measures protecting the family home as shelter But Walsh …


International Adoption: A Way Forward, Elizabeth Bartholet Jan 2011

International Adoption: A Way Forward, Elizabeth Bartholet

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Finding Home In The World: A Deontological Theory Of The Right To Be Adopted, Paulo Barrozo Jan 2011

Finding Home In The World: A Deontological Theory Of The Right To Be Adopted, Paulo Barrozo

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.