YEAR/ANNÉE 1992

 

Banks, Nancy Kathleen, 1960-

                 “All I’m Asking for Is a Little Respect: Equality Rights and Same-Sex

         Spousal Benefits.”  LL.M. thesis, University of British Columbia, 1992.

         (ca. 236 p.)

 

Brophy, Julia.

         “New Families, Judicial Decision-Making, and Children’s Welfare.”

         Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 5 (1992): 484-497.

                             Case commentary.

 

Canada. Federal Court. Trial Division.

     In the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, Toronto, Tuesday, the 27th Day of

     October, 1992, Present: The Hon. Mr. Justice William A. MacKay between

     Michelle Douglas, Plaintiff, and Her Majesty the Queen, Defendant: Judgment.

     Ottawa, Ont.: Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, 1992.

     (3 parts)

                             Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 13843104

                             Descriptor “Canada – Armed Forces – Gays” is attached to this record.

 

Carlson, Daryl Lynn.

       “Philip MacAdam: Lawyer Fights for Gay Rights.”  Canadian Lawyer 16(8)

         (Nov. 1992): 31.

 

Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario.

         Happy Families: The Recognition of Same-Sex Spousal Relationships.

         Written for the Ontario Legislature.  Toronto: CLGRO, 1992.

         (44 p.)

 

Fisher, John W.

         “‘Just Thoughts’: Lesbian and Gay Equality under the International Bill

         of Rights.”  LL.M. thesis, Queen’s University, 1992.

         (249 p.)

                     “The purpose of this thesis is to undertake an examination of the content

                             of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant

                             on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on

                             Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in an attempt to identify particular

                             rights and issues of relevance to gays and lesbians.”  Also examines

                             Canadian jurisprudence to see how it might “inform the international

                             community” – abstract from Canadian Research Index.

 

Gavigan, Shelley A. M.

         Paradise Lost, Paradox Revisited: The Implications of Familial Ideology

         for Feminist, Lesbian and Gay Engagement to Law.  Toronto: Faculty of

         Law, University of Toronto, 1992.

         (56 p.)

                             See also Gavigan in 1993 section, above, for same title with different

                             imprint.

 

Happy Families.

         SEE entry at Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario, in this section.

 

In the Matter of a Board of Inquiry Appointed under Section 37 of the Human

         Rights Code, 1981, c. 53 as Amended, and in the Matter of the Complaint

         Made by Michael Leshner Dated August 25, 1988 Alleging Discrimination

         in Employment on the Basis of Sexual Orientation by Her Majesty the

         Queen in Right of Ontario, the Management Board of Cabinet and Human

         Resources Secretariat…and the Ministry of the Attorney General.

         Toronto: Board of Inquiry, 1992.

         (164 p.)

                             The Board of Inquiry comprised Peter A. Cumming, T. Brettel Dawson,

                             and W. Gunther Plaut.

 

Leshner, Michael.

         “ ‘Achieving Equality’ and the Leshner Case: Is Anyone Listening?”

         Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice 12 (1992): 398-401.

                             Relevant statutes: Ontario. Human Rights Code; Canadian

                             Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 15.

 

McAllister, Debra M.

         “Schachter and Its Application in Sexual Orientation Cases.”  National Journal

         of Constitutional Law 2 (Nov. 1992): 226-241.

 

McAllister, Debra M.

         “Sexual Orientation and Section 15 [of the Canadian Charter of Rights and

         Freedoms].”  National Journal of Constitutional Law 1 (March 1992):

         377-388.

 

Muzychka, Martha.

     Out of the Closet and into the Light: Improving the Status of Lesbians in

     Newfoundland and Labrador.  St. John’s, Nfld.: Provincial Advisory

     Council on the Status of Women, 1992.

       (53 p.)

 

New Brunswick.

         An Act to Amend the Human Rights Act.  In Acts of the General Assembly

         of New Brunswick, 1992, chapter 30.  Fredericton, N.B.: Queen’s Printer.

                             Includes sexual orientation as a ground on which discrimination

                             is prohibited – NISC Gay & Lesbian Abstracts.

 

Ontario. Court of Appeal.

     Between Graham Haig and Joshua Birch, Respondents (Appellants in Cross-

     Appeal), and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada and the Minister of

     Justice of Canada, Appellants (Respondents in Cross-Appeal), and Canadian

     Human Rights Commission, Intervener.  Toronto, Ont.: The Court, 1992.

     (14 leaves)

                             Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 13852331.

                             “Unedited”

                             Indexed as: Haig v. Canada (Minister of Justice)

                             Heard January 30 and 31, 1992; judgment August 6, 1992.

                             [1992] O.J. No. 1609;  Action No. 774/91.

                             AMICUS record  includes “Canada – Armed Forces – Gays”

                             as one descriptor.

 

“Ontario Court Uses Power to ‘Read In’ Words Not Law: Judges Effectively Add

       Sexual Orientation to List of Grounds in Human-Rights Code.”  Globe and Mail,

       August 8, 1992, pp. A1, A5.

 

Pearlman, Lynne.

       “Through Jewish Lesbian Eyes: Rethinking Clara Brett Martin.”

         Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 5 (1992): 317-350.

                             Martin became the first woman barrister in the British

                             Commonwealth ca. 1897.  Canadian women had first been

                             allowed to study the law five years earlier.

 

Piatkowski, Scott.

       “No Action on Gay Rights.”  This Magazine 26(5) (Dec. 1992): 8-10.

 

A Study of Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation.  [By the?] Alberta Human

     Rights Commission.  S.l.: s.n., 1992.

     (24 leaves)

                             Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 16716248

 

Wong, Lloyd.

       “Red, Hot, Chill: Recent Decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada

         Pertaining to the Definition of Obscenity, Seizures by Canada Customs

         and Charges Laid by Ontario’s Provincial Police.”  Fuse Magazine 16(2)

         (Winter 1992/93): 7-8.