YEAR/ANNÉE 2001

 

  Alberta Opens Door to Recognizing Same-Sex Couples: Government Will Not

               Contest Gay Man’s Challenge of Province’s Inheritance Law.”

            National Post, March 1, 2001, p. A9.

 

Bouchard, Maude, et Simard, Isabelle.

                        “Homosexualité et droit: la reconnaissance légale des homosexuels.”

                        Travaux de la Revue juridique des étudiants et étudiantes de

                        l’Université Laval (R.J.E.U.L.), 2001, 13  (29 p.)

                                                Ref. as given in Index to Canadian Legal Literature

 

Casswell, Donald G.

            “Moving towards Same-Sex Marriage.”  Canadian Bar Review 80(3) (Oct.

            2001): 810-856.

 

Demczuk, Irène, et al.

            Recognition of Lesbian Couples: An Inalienable Right.  Ottawa, Ont.: Status of

            Women Canada, 2001.

            (pagination not known; ISBN 0662312813)

                                    Issued also in French under title: La reconnaissance des couples de

                                    lesbiennes.

                                    Available in electronic format on the World Wide Web, according to

                                    AMICUS record;  no URL given. 

                                    Ref.: AMICUS catalogue prepublication record nos. 26168953 and

                                    26224275

 

“Gay Couple Seeks Supreme Court Test: Anniversary Bash Launches Quest

               for Legal Recognition.”  Toronto Star, May 28, 2001, pp. A1, A12.

                                    Persons as subjects: Michael Leshner (for more on whom see main

                                    section under LAW – YEAR 1992) and Michael Stark.

 

“Gay Couples Take Marriage Fight to Court.”  Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],

                        July 23, 2001, pp. A1, A4.

                                                Ref.: CBCA electronic index.

                                    British Columbia case; persons named as subjects :  Dave Shortt and Shane

                                    McCloskey.

 

Howard, Paul.

            “The Long Arm of Human Rights Law: Can We Legislate Beliefs?”

            Education Canada 41(3) (Fall 2001): 36-37  (979 words).

                                    Trinity Western University versus British Columbia College of

                                    Teachers.

                                    Author is a Toronto lawyer and law lecturer at University of Windsor.

 

Hurley, Mary C.

                        Sexual Orientation and Legal Rights in Canada: A Chronological Overview.

                        Ottawa, Ont.: Library of Parliament, Parliamentary Research Branch,

                        2001.

                                                Electronic monograph in HTML and PDF formats.

                                                Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 26643945, which gives

                                                other title” as TIPS and series as “Topical information for

                                                parliamentarians; TIPS-86E.” 

                                                French version in AMICUS record no. 26769686 under title:

                                                Orientation sexuelle et droits légaux au Canada: aperçu

                                                chronologique.

                                                See introduction to LAW section, elsewhere in this bibliography,

                                    for reference to Hurley’s earlier work on this subject.

 

“‘It’s Not Quite Like Getting Married’: Same-Sex Couples Register Relationships.”

Halifax Chronicle Herald, June 5, 2001, pp. A1, A2.

 

“Judge OKs Same-Sex Adoption: Law As It Stands Unconstitutional, NS [Nova

           Scotia] Court Rules.”  Halifax Chronicle Herald, July 10, 2001, pp. A1, A2.

 

Kendall, Christopher Nigel.

                        “Gay Male Pornography: An Issue of Sex Discrimination.”  SJD thesis,

                        University of Michigan Law School, 2001.

                        (426 p.)

Discussion of pornography with special reference to the Little Sister’s

Book and Art Emporium decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in

2000 and its relation to R v. Butler.  This thesis supports court findings

regarding harm of pornography being harm of sexual inequality and

applicability of these findings to same-sex works or works aimed at a

gay or lesbian audience – paraphrase of Proquest Digital Dissertations

abstract.

 

Khan, Rais A., and Melrose, Erin.

“Missing the Big Picture: Manitoba’s Bill 41 and M v. H.”  Policy Options 22 (9)

 (November 2001): 64-68.

 

Kimmel, David, and Robinson, Daniel J.

            “Sex, Crime, Pathology: Homosexuality and Criminal Code Reform in

            Canada, 1949-1969.”  Canadian Journal of Law and Society 16(1)

             (Spring 2001): 147-165.

 

Labman, Shauna.

                        “Left in Legal Limbo: Transsexual Identity and the Law.”  Appeal: Review of

                        Current Law and Law Reform [University of Victoria, Faculty of Law]

                        7(2001): 66-73.

                                                Electronic version also available, as of February 6, 2003, at

                                                http://appeal.law.uvic.ca

 

Lahey, Kathleen Ann.

            The Impact of Relationship Recognition on Lesbian Women in Canada: Still

            Separate and Only Somewhat “Equivalent.”  Ottawa, Ont.: Status of

            Women Canada, 2001.

            (ca. 128, 144 p.; ISBN 0662659406)

                                    French title: Effet de la reconnaissance des unions sur les

                                    lesbiennes au Canada.

                                                Text in English and French.

 

“Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium v. Minister of Justice: Sex Equality and

the Attack on R v. Butler.”  Osgoode Hall Law Journal 39(1) (Spring 2001): 187-

205.

 

Mathen, Carissima.

            “[Case comment regarding obscenity law and Little Sister’s Supreme Court

                        of Canada case].”  National Journal of Constitutional Law 13(Sept. 2001):

                        165-181.

                                    Compiler-supplied title.  Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature.

 

Matthews, Timothy C.

            “Law Reform in Nova Scotia: Spouses, Domestic Partners and Common-Law

            Partners Defined.”  Estates, Trusts & Pensions Journal 20(4)(June 2001):

            289-297.

                                    Broader than scope of this bibliography.

 

Murphy, Jason.

                        “Dialogic Responses to M. v. H.: From Compliance to Defiance.”

                        University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review 2(Spring 2001): 299-317.

 

Nadeau, Alain-Robert.

                        “Les Courroies: [discrimination contre les homosexuels].”  Journal du Barreau

                        [Montréal] 33(11)(juin 2001): 10

 

Paterson, Hillary M.G.

            “The Justifiability of Biblically Based Discrimination: Can Private Christian

            Schools Legally Refuse to Employ Gay Teachers?”  University of Toronto

            Faculty of Law Review 59(1)(Winter 2001): 59-105.

 

Pickel, Jo-Anne.

                        “Taking Big Brother to Court.”  University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review

                        2(Spring 2001): 349-366.

                                    Concerns, inter alia, obscenity law, pornography, Little Sister’s case and R.

                                    v. Butler.

 

Rowe, Carolyn J.

                        “Outside the Law or Legal Outsiders?: Lesbian Identity, Motherhood and

                        Child Custody in Canada.”  MA thesis, Carleton University, 2001.

                        (147 p.)

                                                Ref.: Proquest Digital Dissertations database, in which it is

                                                stated that “the central question in this paper is what lesbian

                                                motherhood, in the way it is constructed in law, reveals about

                                                ideologies of motherhood in family law.”

 

Roy, Alain.

            “Partenariat civil et couples de même sexe: la réponse du Québec.”

                        Revue juridique Thémis 35(2001): 663-696.

 

Same-Sex Couples Fight On. Quebec Set to Introduce Draft of a Bill That Would Allow

               Gender-Blind Unions.”  Gazette [Montreal], December 3, 2001, pp. A1, A7.

 

Wintemute, Robert, and Andenaes, Mads, eds.

                        Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships: A Study of National, European and

                        International Law.  Oxford ; Portland, OR: Hart, 2001.

                                                Broader than scope of this bibliography, but see Part II: National

Law, Section B: Canada for an introduction by Claire L’Heureux-Dubé and

articles by Donald G. Casswell (“Any Two Persons in

Canada’s Lotusland, British Columbia”) and Kathleen A. Lahey

(“Becoming ‘Persons’ in Canadian Law: Genuine Equality or

‘Separate But Equal’?”). User might also check Appendix I for

possible reference to relevant legislation. Compiler has not seen. 

Ref.: University of Saskatchewan Library catalogue.