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The Empire Of The Lone Mother: Parental Rights, Child Welfare Law, And State Restructuring, Hester Lessard Oct 2001

The Empire Of The Lone Mother: Parental Rights, Child Welfare Law, And State Restructuring, Hester Lessard

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

This article uses the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in G.(J.) v. New Brunswick to frame a discussion of the historical and ideological character of Canadian child welfare regimes on the nature and experience of women’s citizenship within the liberal political order and, in particular, within the current neo-liberal restructuring of welfare provision. The article also analyzes traditional understandings of the political character of child welfare in terms of state intervention and non-intervention, by placing the state ordering of parent-child relations in the context of larger issues of colonialism, gendered parenting discourses, and the linkage between child neglect and poverty. …


Gift Encounters: Conceptualizing The Elements Of Begging Conduct, Joe Hermer Oct 2001

Gift Encounters: Conceptualizing The Elements Of Begging Conduct, Joe Hermer

University of Miami Law Review

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From The Punitive City To The Gated Community: Security And Segregation Across The Social And Penal Landscape, Mona Lynch Oct 2001

From The Punitive City To The Gated Community: Security And Segregation Across The Social And Penal Landscape, Mona Lynch

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.