YEAR/ANNÉE 1997

 

“Act Violates Homosexual Rights, Court Says:  Judge Orders Ontario to Alter

           Insurance Legislation after Ruling Lesbian Should Get Spousal Death Benefit.”

           Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], October 3, 1997, pp. A1, A8.

                       Kelly Kane case.

 

Banks, N. Kathleen (Sam).

           “The ‘Homosexual Panic’ Defence in Canadian Criminal Law.” 

           (Jan. 1997) 1 C. R. (5th)  371-381.

                       In this citation, C.R. (5th) is Criminal Reports (Fifth Series).

 

“BC Passes Legislation Redefining Term ‘Spouse’.”  Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],

           July 23, 1997, p. A3.

 

Chamberland, Line.

           “De la répression à la tolérance: l’homosexualité.”  Cap-aux-Diamants [Québec]

           49 (printemps 1997): 36-39.

                       “Evolution des discours religieux et juridique au Canada et au

                       Québec depuis le 17e siècle” – Repère résumé.

 

Chaplick, Nancy D.

           “An Update on Employment Benefits for Same-Sex Spouses.”  Canadian Labour

           and Employment Law Journal 5(1997): 321-340.

 

Conrod, Monique.

           “Don’t Ask – Don’t Tell?”  Lawyers Weekly 17(9) (July 1997): 1 (2).

                       Concerns gay law students and prospective employers.

 

Cossman, Brenda, et al.

           Bad Attitude/s on Trial: Pornography, Feminism, and the Butler Decision.

           Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997.

                       Broader than scope of bibliography, but some relevant material;

                       R v. Butler, 1992.

 

Findlay, Barbara.

           “All in the Family Values.”  Canadian Journal of Family Law 14 (1997): 129-196.

 

Fraser, Laura.

           “Rights without Meaning: Failing to Give Effect to the Purpose of Section 15(1)

           [of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms].”  Dalhousie Journal of

           Legal Studies 6(1997): 347-360.

                       Concerns gay couples, sex discrimination, etc.

 

“Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues and HIV/AIDS: A Discussion Paper.”

           Canadian HIV AIDS Policy & Law Newsletter 3(4)/4(1) (Winter 1997/98): 6-9.

                       French-language version also on pp. 6-9 of this issue.

 

Giuliani, Maureen Ann.

           “Lesbians’ Experiences of Human Rights Violations: A Global Perspective.”

           MA thesis, University of Toronto, 1997.

           (131 p.)

 

Greer, A.; Barbaree, H.; and Brown, C.

           “Canada.”  In Sociolegal Control of Homosexuality: A Multi-Nation

           Comparison, pp. 169-177.  Edited by D. J. West and R. Green.  New York:

           Plenum, 1997.

                       Ref.: Cornelson article, Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 7(3)

                              (1998): 271.

 

Herman, Didi.

                        “The Good, the Bad, and the Smugly: Sexual Orientation and Perspectives on

                        the Charter.”  In Charting the Consequences: The Impact of Charter Rights

                        on Canadian Law and Politics, pp. [200]-217.  Edited by David

                        Schneiderman and Kate Sutherland.  Toronto: University of Toronto

                        Press, c1997.

                                                This article, according to footnote, p. 200, was written in 1993 and

                                                appeared [with slightly different subtitle] in Oxford Journal of

                                                Legal Studies 14(1994): 589-604, citation of which is listed

                                                elsewhere in this bibliography in LAW – YEAR 1994 section.

 

Jacob, Marie-Claude.

           “La médecine du désir.”  LL.M. thesis, Université Laval, 1997.

           (116 p.)

                       Broader than scope of this bibliography, but includes consideration

                       of transsexual surgery.

 

“Kane Finally Wins.”  Herizons 11(4) (Fall 1997): 14.

                       Ontario court ruled that province’s insurance legislation discriminates

                       against lesbian couples.  Robin Black, Kelly Kane’s partner, was killed

                       in an accident.

 

Khullar, Ritu.

           “Vriend: Remedial Issues for Unremedied Discrimination [Alberta].”

           National Journal of Constitutional Law 7 (Feb. 1997): 221-246.

                       Concerns the Delwyn Vriend case; relevant statute: Canadian

                       Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

 

McCarthy, Martha.

           “M. v. H. Will Be Definitive Same-Sex Family Law Case.”  Lawyers

           Weekly 17(11) (July 1997): 12.

 

Millbank, J.

           “Lesbians, Child Custody, and the Long Lingering Gaze of the Law.”

           In Challenging the Public/Private Divide: Feminism, Law, and Public

           Policy, pp. 280-303.  Edited by Susan B. Boyd.  Toronto: University of

           Toronto Press, c1997.

 

Millbank, J.

           “Which, Then, Would Be the ‘Husband’ and Which the ‘Wife’? : Some

           Introductory Thoughts on Contesting ‘the Family’ in Court.” 

           In Sexual Orientation and the Law: Proceedings of the Sexual Orientation

           and the Law Conference Held at Murdoch University, pp. 77-88.

           Murdoch, Western Australia: Asia Pacific Centre for Human Rights and the

           Prevention of Ethnic Conflict, 1997.

                       “Focuses on a number of cases concerning family claims by gays

                       and lesbians….Examples from Australian case law are used to draw

                       links with developments in cases, mostly from Canada…” – NISC

                       Gay & Lesbian Abstracts.

 

Mucalov, Janice.

           “Failure to Ask Clients If They Are Gay, Lesbian May Amount to Negligence,

           Warns Lawyer.”  Lawyers Weekly 17(9) (July 1997): 12.

 

Nicholson, A.

           “The Changing Concept of Family: The Significance of Recognition and

           Protection.”  Australasian Gay and Lesbian Law Journal 6

           (March 1997): 13-29.

                       Includes “an assessment of case law in Canada on human rights….

                       The situations faced by homosexual applicants in some family

                       law cases are examined and examples from case law in Canada

                       are described.  Comparisons are made with Australia’s Family

                       Law Act” –NISC Gay & Lesbian Abstracts.

 

“Questions juridiques concernant les gais et lesbiennes et le VIH/sida: un

           document de travail.”  Canadian HIV AIDS Policy & Law Newsletter 3(4)/4(1)

           (Winter 1997/98): 6-9.

                       English version in same issue, pp. 6-8.

 

Ranot, Steve.

           “The Income Tax Act Comes Out of the Closet.”  Money and Family Law 12

           (Feb. 1997): 12-13.

 

Ross, Becki L.

                        “ ‘It’s Merely Designed for Sexual Arousal’: Interrogating the Indefensibility of

                        Lesbian Smut.”  In Bad Attitude/s on Trial: Pornography, Feminism, and the

                        ‘Butler’ Decision, pp. 152-198.  By Brenda Cossman, Shannon Bell, Lise Gotell,

                        and Becki L. Ross.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997.

 

Sandor, D.

           “Same-Sex Couples Can Adopt in Ontario: The Canadian Case of Re K and

           Its Significance to Australian Family Law.”  Australian Journal of

           Family Law 11(1) (Mar. 1997): 23-54.

 

Sexual Orientation Casebook.   Vancouver: Canadian Human Rights Reporter, c1997.

           (ca. 200 p.; ISBN 0968270050)

                       Reprint of materials originally published in Canadian Human Rights

                       Reporter.

 

Sexual Orientation Cases.

                        [1997?]

                        Electronic document, available as of January 9, 2003, at

                                    www.islandnet.com/~egale/legal/cases.htm , the EGALE web site.

                                                Below title: “The following (non-exhaustive) case listing

was prepared by the Research Branch of the Library of Parliament,

                                                at the request of Svend Robinson, MP.”

                                    Document length equivalent to ca. 15 printed pages and provides

                                                citations to ca. 146 cases under the following headings:

                                                            Age of Consent to Sexual Activity;

                                                            Customs;

                                                            Dangerous Sexual Offender;

Discrimination in Employment, Services and

Accommodation;

Family Law;

Hate-Motivated Crime;

Hate Propaganda;

Immigration and Refugee;

Same-Sex Benefits;

Other.

                       Latest date appearing in list seems to be December 1996.

 

Vallières, Alain, 1961-

                  “L’évolution de la situation juridique des homosexuels en droit canadien

           fédéral et provincial.”  LL.M. thesis, Université de Montréal, 1997.

 

Vassal, Anne, et al.

           Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues and HIV/AIDS: A Discussion Paper.

           Prepared for the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the Canadian

           AIDS Society.  Montreal: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, 1997.

           (ca. 185 p.; ISBN 189673510X)

 

Wintemute, Robert.

           Sexual Orientation and Human Rights: The United States Constitution,

           the European Convention, and the Canadian Charter.  1st paperback ed., with

           corrections; Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press,

           1997.

           (292 p.; ISBN 0198259727)

                       Appears also to have been issued earlier, in 1995.