YEAR/ANNÉE 1996
Adams, Wendy
A.
“Same-Sex
Relationships and Anglo-Canadian Choice of Law: An Argument for
Universal
Validity.” Canadian Yearbook
of International Law 34
(1996): 103-136.
Black,
William.
“Vriend, Rights and Democracy.” Constitutional Forum 7
(Summer 1996): 126-133.
Boyd, Susan
B.
“Best Friends or Spouses?: Privatization and the Recognition of Lesbian
Relationships
in M v. H [
(Spring 1996): 321-341.
Brewer,
Allison.
“Lesbian and Gay Rights: A
Turning Point in the Law.” University
of New
Brunswick Law Journal 45
(1996): 259-263.
In
the Supreme Court of
Art
Emporium and the
James
Eaton Deva and Guy Allen Bruce Smythe,
Plaintiffs, and the
Minister
of Justice and Attorney General of
National
Revenue, and Attorney General of
Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable Mr. Justice Smith.
Vancouver, B.C.: Supreme Court, 1996.
(ii, 128 p.)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 25092531. “Little Sister’s” seems
to be the correct spelling.
Trial held between October 11 and December 20, 1994. Judgment:
January 19, 1996.
User will note that this was appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada,
for judgment of which see above in the YEAR 2000 section of this part
of the bibliography. See also a number of secondary references, including
those appearing in the CENSORSHIP section of the bibliography.
Cameron,
Heather E.
“Queer
Experts at the ‘Little Sister’s’ Trial: An Interview with Janine Fuller.”
Canadian Woman Studies
16 (Spring 1996): 80-83.
Little Sister’s
Book & Art Emporium, Vancouver.
Casswell, Donald G.
Lesbians,
Gay Men, and Canadian Law. Toronto: E. Montgomery
Publications,
1996.
(675 p.; ISBN 0920722776)
Centrale
de l’enseignement du Québec.
Mémoire sur le projet de loi
no. 133 modifiant la Charte des droits et libertés
de
la personne et d’autres dispositions législatives: présenté à la Commission
des
institutions. Montréal: CEQ, 1996.
(7 p.)
Cossman, Brenda, and Ryder, Bruce.
“Customs Censorship and the
Charter: The Little Sisters Case.”
Constitutional Forum 7
(Summer 1996): 103-112.
Relevant statutes:
Customs Act; Canadian Charter of Rights
and
Freedoms, s. 15.
Decoste, F. C.
“Sexual
Orientation and Liberal Polity.”
950+.
Concerns
Vriend v.
Relevant statutes:
Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 15.
“A Diplomatic
Parting for an Ottawa
Veteran: Max Yalden Wins a Policy Gift
for
Gays and Lesbians.” Maclean’s
[Toronto ed.],
April 1, 1996, p. 24.
“Dismissal of Homosexual Teachers for Denominational Cause.”
EduLaw
for Canadian Schools 7(8) (April 1996): 59-61.
Dwyer,
Victor.
“‘A Tortuous Road’: Quietly,
Gays Are Making Progress on Rights.”
Maclean’s, May 13, 1996,
pp. 24-25 (1135
words).
“Gays and lesbians
are angered by the political bickering over
Bill C-33, which
would prohibit discrimination in federal agencies
on
the basis of sexual orientation. But
many are relieved that
Prime Minister
Chrétien is tackling the issue when it is still at the
center
of public debate” – abstract from Expanded Academic ASAP
index.
Finding Our Place.
SEE entry at Findlay, Barbara, in this section.
Findlay, Barbara, et al.
Finding
Our Place: Transgendered Law Reform Project. Vancouver:
High Risk
Project Society, 1996.
(57 p.; ISBN 0968056504)
“Sponsored by the
Law Foundation of
Laws
and legal status regarding transsexuals and transvestites.
Hochberg,
Leonard.
“Case Comment
on M v. H.” (May 1996) 17 R.F.L.
(4th) 399-402.
Regarding Charter
and
R.F.L. (4th)
is Reports of Family Law (Fourth Series).
Kinsman, Gary William.
The Regulation of Desire:
Homo and Hetero Sexualities. 2nd
ed.; Montreal:
Black
Rose Books, c1996.
(423 p.; ISBN 1551640406;
1551640414)
First edition
published 1987 under title: The Regulation of Desire:
Sexuality
in
“Uncovers the
history of the Canadian lesbian and gay communities…
and
concludes with suggestions as to how sexual politics can help
transform
progressive politics” –Toronto Public Library booklet,
Write Out on the
Shelf, 1993.
This title is also
entered in the HISTORY section, where additional
information
is provided.
Kulig, Paula.
“Legal
Update: Family Law.” Canadian Lawyer
20(6) (June 1996): 35-43.
“M v. H.” (1996 May) 17 R.F.L. (4th) 365-398, with annotation by
James G.
McLeod,
365-370.
Ontario Court of
Justice (General Division): heard Sept. 11-13, 1995,
judgment
Feb. 9, 1996.
MacEachern, Pam.
“The Impact of Egan v.
Canadian Labour
& Employment Law Journal 4 (1996): 87-100.
Relevant statute:
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 15(1).
Mahoney, Kathleen.
“Vriend
v.
Employment Law Journal 4
(1996): 389-409.
Relevant statutes:
Canadian Charter of
Rights and Freedoms, s. 15(1).
Major, Marie-France.
“Sexual-Orientation Hate
Propaganda: Time to Regroup.”
Canadian Journal of Law and
Society 11 (Spring 1996): 221-240.
Relevant statute:
Criminal Code, ss. 318-319.
Malcolm, D.
“Same Sex Couples: Equity’s
Response.” E Law 3(3) (Sept.
1996):
online
only (50KB).
Availability in
electronic archive, archived 1 April 1998, at
http://www.nla.gov.au/pandora/elaw.html
Discussion by the
Chief Justice of Western Australia of “the courts’
application
of equitable principles in determining the rights of couples
in
same sex relationships. Illustrative
cases are drawn from Australian,
Abstracts.
Morton, F. L.
“
Forum 7(4) (Summer
1996): 121-125.
This concerns the
Alberta Court of Appeals ruling on the Delwin
Vriend
case and the comments of Alberta Court of Appeals Justice
John Wesley McClung, “a blistering
denunciation of the judicial distortions
and
usurpations that have driven the gay-rights litigation parade.”
National Association of Women and the Law.
Bill C-33: An Act Respecting Human Rights in
Fulfilled. Ottawa, Ont.: NAWL=ANFD, 1996.
(5 p.; ISBN 189599621X)
Concerns amendment of the Canadian Human Rights Act.
Nowlin, Christopher.
“The
Relevance of Stereotypes to s. 15 Analysis
[Canadian Charter of Rights
and
Freedoms].” University of British
Columbia Law
Review 30 (1996):
333-347.
Relevant statute:
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 15(1).
Concerns
Canada Customs, censorship, and gays’ writings.
O’Byrne, Shannon K., and McGinnis, James F.
“Plessy
Revisited: Lesbian and Gay Rights in the Province of Alberta.”
Concerns Vriend v.
of
Rights and Freedoms, s. 15;
Act.
In
the Matter of the
As
Amended; and in the Matter of the Complaints by William Dwyer and
Mary-Woo
Sims Dated January 9, 1990 and June 20, 1991 Respectively,
Alleging
Discrimination in Employment on the Basis of Sexual Orientation:
Between
Mary-Woo
Sims, Complainants and Municipality
of Metropolitan
Toronto…[et al.], Respondents: Decision. Adjudicator: Susan Tacon.
Toronto: The Commission, 1996.
(86 p.)
Ref.:
AMICUS catalogue record no. 15859762
Pothier, Dianne.
“The Sound of Silence: ‘Charter’ Application When the Legislature Declines
to Speak.” Constitutional Forum 7(4)(1996): 113-120.
Broader than scope of this bibliography, but considerable
discussion of Vriend v.
Renke, Wayne N.
“Discrimination,
Burdens of Proof and Judicial Notice.”
(Aug. 1996): 925-949.
About Vriend v.
Rights Protection
Act; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 15.
Ryder, Bruce.
“Egan v.
Law Journal 4 (1996): 101-110.
Schnurr, Brian A.
“Claims by Common Law Spouses
and Same Sex Partners against Estates.”
(1996) Spec. Lect. L.S.U.C. 35-52.
L.S.U.C. is Law
Society of Upper Canada.
Relevant statute:
Family Law
Act; Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Selick, Karen.
“The Right to
Be Equal under Arbitrary Laws.” Canadian
Lawyer 20(6)
(June 1996): 46.
Concerns
M. v. H. case, regarding spousal support, and Vriend
v.
Tataryn, Joy; Timberg, Tim;
and Desjarlais, N. Colin.
Same Sex, Same Laws:
Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Law in B.C.
Vancouver: Public Legal Education Program,
Legal Services Society, 1996.
(84 p.; ISBN 077262352X)
Ticoll, Ellen S., and Klassen,
Claire M.
“When the
Family Is Gay: The Charter Guarantee of Equality.”
Law Now 21(3) (Dec.
1996/Jan. 1997): 14-16
(1731 words).
Working against Discrimination: The Amendment to the
Canadian Human Rights
Act: The Facts. Ottawa, Ont.: Communications and Executive Services,
Dept. of Justice,
(25, 31 p.)
Text in English and French.
French title: Lutte
contre la discrimination, modification à la Loi
canadienne
sur les droits de la personne.
Yogis, John A.; Duplak, Randall R.; and Trainor, J. Royden.
Sexual Orientation and Canadian
Law: An Assessment of the Law Affecting
Lesbian and
Gay Persons. Toronto: Emond
Montgomery Publications, c1996.
(153 p.; ISBN 0920722768)
Reviews:
Dalhousie
Journal of Legal Studies 6 (1997): 361-364.