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Marriage Equality And The New Maternalism, Cynthia Godsoe
Marriage Equality And The New Maternalism, Cynthia Godsoe
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Perfect Plaintiffs, Cynthia Godsoe
Proposed Improvements To The Division Of The Parties' Beneficial Interests Beyond The Women's Charter: Chan Yuen Lan V See Fong Mun, Jonathan Muk
Jonathan Muk
In Chan Yuen Lan v See Fong Mun [2014] SGCA 36, the Singapore Court of Appeal had the opportunity to consider its approach towards ascertaining the parties’ beneficial interests under the common law. It took the opportunity to revist its earlier decision of Lau Siew Kim v Teo Guan Chye Terence [2008] 2 SLR(R) 108 and establish an approach for future cases. It is submitted that the CA’s approach could have gone further to first, establish the common intention constructive trust analysis as the starting point for ascertaining beneficial interests under the common law, second, reform the presumption of advancement …
Religion And Marriage Equality Statutes, Nelson Tebbe
Religion And Marriage Equality Statutes, Nelson Tebbe
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Reimagining Access To Justice In The Poor People’S Courts, Elizabeth L. Macdowell
Reimagining Access To Justice In The Poor People’S Courts, Elizabeth L. Macdowell
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Access to justice efforts have been focused more on access than justice, due in part to the framing of access to justice issues around the presence or absence of lawyers. This article argues that access to justice scholars and activists should also think about social justice and provides a roadmap for running a legal services program geared toward making court systems more just. The article also further develops the concept of “poor people’s courts,” a term that has been used to describe courts serving large numbers of low-income people without representation. The article argues that access to justice efforts can …