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Family Violence-Investigating Child Abuse And Learning From British Mistakes, Alastair Bissett-Johnson
Family Violence-Investigating Child Abuse And Learning From British Mistakes, Alastair Bissett-Johnson
Dalhousie Law Journal
It seems appropriate at the onset to set out something of what the disciplines of law, medicine and social work know about family violence and when, during recent years, this knowledge came to the attention of professionals, the public and legislature. We can then, perhaps, judge whether our existing laws, rules of evidence and procedure take this information adequately into account in dealing with cases of violence within the family. Whilst solving these problems takes time, and law often lags behind the behavioural sciences, the question arises whether the lag is too long and whether differences between experts in the …
Cites For Sore Ears (A Paper Moon), Vaughan Black, David Fraser
Cites For Sore Ears (A Paper Moon), Vaughan Black, David Fraser
Dalhousie Law Journal
Music, as we know, is one of our vital cultural practices. It "has charms to soothe a savage breast" and is "the food of love."' Someone who does not love music is not to be trusted but someone "who has music in his [sic] soul will be most in love with the loveliest." Music and one's attitude towards it tell us a lot about the ethical and moral value of a person. Law, another key part of our culture, has traditionally dealt with music mainly as something which might fall within the domain of copyright or some related field of …