YEAR/ANNÉE 2007

 

The Application of Family Law to Non-traditional Relationships: Ozzie & Harriet

Do No Live Here.  Co-chairs: Susan J. Heakes, Kelly D. Jordan.  Toronto, ON:

Continuing Legal Education, Law Society of Upper Canada, 2007.

                        (1 v. (various pagings))

                                                Broader than scope of this list.

                                                Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33689506, which gives title

                                                as worded above and in which one applied descriptor is Gay couples –

                                                Legal status, laws, etc. – Canada – Congresses.

 

Bouchard, Donna.

                        “The Three-parent Decision (Case comm.). ” Saskatchewan Law Review 70

(2007): 459-478.

                                                Case: A. (A.) v. B. (B.) 35 R.F.L. (6th) 1

                                                Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature

 

Bowal, Peter, and Campbell, Carlee.

                        “The Legalization of Same Sex Marriage in Canada.”  American Journal of

                        Family Law 21(2) (Summer 2007): 37+  (5 pages)

                                                Ref.: LegalTrac index.

                                                Compiler note: Provides good brief overview of Civil Marriage Act and

                                                of the years of events leading to passage of the Act. Endnotes provide

                                                many legal citations to documents mentioned.

 

Boyd, Susan B.

                        “Gendering Legal Parenthood: Bio-genetic Ties, Intentionality and

                        Responsibility.”  Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice 25 (2007): 63-94.

                                                Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature, which applies Gay parents

                                                and Lesbian mothers as two of the several descriptors.

 

Canada (Attorney General) v. Hislop, [2007] 1 S.C.R. 429, 2007 SCC 10

                        Between Attorney General of Canada, Appellant/Respondent on Cross-

                        Appeal and George Hislop, Brent E. Daum, Albert McNutt, Eric Brogaard and

                        Gail Meredith, Respondents/Appellants on Cross-Appeal and Attorney General

                        of Ontario, Attorney General of Quebec, Attornery General of Alberta and Egale

                        Canada, Inc., Interveners. Coram: McLachlin C.J. and Bastarache, Binnie, LeBel,

                        Deschamps, Abella and Rothstein JJ.

See electronic version:

http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/2007/2007scc10/2007scc10.html (viewed

Sept. 22, 2008)

 

Issue concerning Canada Pension Plan and same-sex couple survivor

benefits.

                                                Heard: Supreme Court of Canada, May 16, 2006; Judgment: Mar. 1, 2007.

                                                Docket 30755.

Heard on appeal from the Ontario Court of Appeal (its judgement of

November  26, 2004; Docket C41224)

See further reference,         under LAW- YEAR 2003, which cites the Ontario

Superior Court of Justice decision, which was then appealed to the Ontario

Court of  Appeal and thence to the Supreme Court of Canada.

 

As of September 22, 2008, Service Canada had posted a document alerting

to the decision and the existence of a deadline for application as a result of

the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision. This is equivalent to a single

printed sheet and is titled “Same Sex CPP  Survivor’s Pension: Notice of

Individual Participation Required, Court Ordered Deadline” and is

electronically posted at:

http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/en/sc/cpp/survivor/pdf/notice_court_eng.pdf

 

                                                (Some brief background: Following a Supreme Court of Canada

decision of 1999 in M. v. H., the federal government amended Canada

Pension Plan provisions in 2000 to provide same-sex partners with survivor

benefits. Various time limits regarding benefits were imposed by decisions

and judgments between that time and the hearing by the Supreme Court of

Canada. This led to the 2007 Supreme Court of Canada decision, which the

user can retrieve at the electronic address above).

The interested user will wish to both confirm and expand on the compiler’s

comments given above by means of further examination of sources.

 

Ceballos, Arnold.

                        “Secret Same-sex Lover Loses Claim for Spousal Rights.”  Lawyers Weekly

                        [Ontario] 27 (15) (August 2007): 1  (2 pages?)

                                                Case: Chowdhury v. Argenti Estate 75 B.C.L.R. (4th) 276.

                                                Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature.

 

Chambers, Lori.

                        “Unprincipled Exclusions: Feminist Theory, Transgender Jurisprudence, and

                        Kimberly Nixon.”  Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 19(2)

                        (Summer 2007): 305-334.

                                                Ref.: CPI.Q index.

 

Clarke, Paul T.

                        “Understanding Kempling v. British Columbia College of Teachers through

                        Multiple Discourses on Freedom of Expression.”  Education and Law Journal

                        17(1) (July 2007): 1-35.

 

Fainstein, Lisa K.

            SEE “Rights of Common Law…” entry itemization, below,  LAW – YEAR 2007.

 

Francis, Amy.

            SEE “Rights of Common Law…” entry itemization, below,  LAW – YEAR 2007.

 

Golding, Nancy L.

            SEE “Rights of Common Law…” entry itemization, below,  LAW – YEAR 2007.

 

Harding, Rosie.

                        “Sir Mark Potter and the Protection of the Traditional Family: Why Same Sex

                        Marriage Is (Still) a Feminist Issue.”  Feminist Legal Studies 15(2)

                        (August 2007): 223-234.

                                                This is a United Kingdom issue with a Canadian connection.

                                                Two British professors, Celia Kitzinger and Susan Wilkinson, married

                                                in British Columbia in August 2003. In Wilkinson v. Kitzinger, the

                                                British High Court refused petitioner Susan Wilkinson’s application for

                                                declaration of her marital status and found that “their valid Canadian

                                                marriage is, in United Kingdom law, a civil partnership.”

                                                Ref.: CSA Sociological Abstracts.

 

Hennigar, Matthew.

                        “The Unlikely Union of Same-sex Marriage, Polygamy and the Charter [Canadian

                        Charter of Rights and Freedoms] in Court.”  Constitutional Forum 16(2)

                        (Fall 2007): 89-100.

                                                Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature.

 

Hunter-Henin, Myriam.

                        “Unions de même sexe au Canada et au Royaume-Uni.” Revue de la common

                        law en français [Université de Moncton] 9 (2007) : 85-113

                                                The British legislation of concern here is the Civil Partnership Act, 2004.

                                                Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature

 

Kay, Sarah A. E.

            SEE “Rights of Common Law…” entry itemization, below,  LAW – YEAR 2007.

 

Kelly, Fiona Jane.

                        “Transforming Law’s Family: The Legal Recognition of Planned Lesbian

                        Families.”  Ph.D. thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007.

                                                “…addresses the legal issues raised by lesbian motherhood, focusing

                                                primarily on legal parentage.  It considers the terms upon which

                                                parental recognition has been achieved thus far….”

                                                Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33825636, which provides

                                                URL links and an abstract.

 

Khan, Ummni.

                        “Perpetuating the Cycle of Abuse: Feminist (Mis)use of the Public/Private

                        Dichotomy in the Case of Nixon v. Rape Relief.”  Windsor Review of Legal

                        and Social Issues 23 (June 2007): 27-53

                                                Concerning the Vancouver case, additional references to which are found

                                                elsewhere in the list.

                                                Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature

 

Lafferty, Lorraine P.

                        “Religion, Sexual Orientation and the State: Can Public Officials Refuse to

                        Perform Same-sex Marriage?”  Canadian Bar Review 85(2) (Jan. 2007): 287-316.

 

LaViolette, Nicole.

“Dad, Mom -- And Mom: The Ontario Court of Appeal’s Decision

in A.A. v. B.B. (Case comm..).”  Canadian Bar Review 86 (2007): 665-689.

                                                Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature, which notes case:

A.    (A.) v. B. (B.) 83 O.R. (3d) 561 and applies descriptor Lesbians –

Legal status, laws, etc. – Cases.

 

Lomaga, Adrian.

                        “Are Men Who Have Sex with Men Safe Blood Donors?”  Appeal: Review of

                        Current Law and Law Reform [University of Victoria, Faculty of Law] 12 (2007):

                        73-89.

                                                Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature

 

Luhtanen, Melissa L.

                        “Domestic Violence in Same-sex Relationships. ”  Law Now [Edmonton] 31(3)

                        (January 2007): 18-19.

 

Matthews, Timothy C.

            SEE “Rights of Common Law…” entry itemization, below,  LAW – YEAR 2007.

 

Nakonechny, E. Llana.

            SEE “Rights of Common Law…” entry itemization, below,  LAW – YEAR 2007.

 

Ogilvie, M. H.

                        “Gender Discrimination Forbidden: From the Glens of Angus to a Church near

                        You.”  Canadian Bar Review 86(2) (Dec. 2007): pagination not known.

                                                Article broader in scope than that of this bibliography.

                                                CBCA index notes that this is a literature review. Concerns clergy

                                                and their employment status in law. “Sexual orientation” is only one

                                                of six descriptors applied by the indexing service.

 

“Rights of Common Law or ‘De Facto’ Spouses on Death in Canada.”  Introduction

                        by Marni M.K. Whitaker.  Estates, Trusts & Pensions Journal 26(4)

                        (September 2007): 331-400.

                                                “…series of eight articles [plus Whitaker’s own two contributions]

examines the manner in which common law spouses (referred to as ‘de

facto’ spouses in Quebec) are treated on the death of one of the common

law spouses under the provincial and territorial family and succession laws

of the ten provinces and three territories in Canada.  The differences among

the jurisdictions are substantial….It should be noted that, in all provinces

and territories…there is no difference between the treatment accorded to

opposite-sex common law spouses and to same-sex common law spouses”

–        Introduction, by Marni M.K. Whitaker, p. 331.

 

                        NOTE: The articles in this set are collected below and presented in the

order in which they appear in the journal. A brief SEE reference is

given from individual lead authors to the entry of this collective reference.

                        “Introduction,” by Marni M.K. Whitaker, p. 331;

                        “Conjugal Succession Rights in Atlantic Canada,” by Timothy C.

                                    Matthews, pp. 332-342;

                        “Conjugal and Non-conjugal Succession Rights in Alberta,” by

                                    Nancy L. Golding, pp. 343-347;

                        “Rights of ‘De Facto’ Spouses in Quebec on Death,” by Marilyn

                                    Piccini Roy and Michael Patry, pp. 348-355;

                        “Conjugal Succession Rights in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut,”

                                    by Sarah A.E. Kay, pp. 356-365;

                        “Rights of Common Law Spouses in Ontario on Death,” by E. Llana

                                    Nakonechny, pp. 366-373;

                        “Conjugal Partners and Succession Rights in Manitoba,” by Lisa K.

                                    Fainstein, pp. 374-382;

                        “Conjugal Succession Rights in Saskatchewan,” by Gregory G. Walen

                                    and Sarah M. Buhler, pp. 383-390;

                        “Conjugal Succession Rights in British Columbia and the Yukon,” by

                                    Amy Francis, pp. 391-398;

                        “Entitlement of Common Law Spouses,” by Marni M.K. Whitaker,

                                    pp. 399-400 (this Whitaker work is a concise tabulation presenting,

                                    for each province and territory, information re “dependent’s

                                    relief,” “property division,” and “intestacy.”)

 

Roy, Marilyn Piccini.

            SEE “Rights of Common Law…” entry itemization, above,  LAW – YEAR 2007.

 

Schorno, Deborah Anna.

                        “Procréation assistée et filiation : enjeux et solutions en Suisse et au Québec.”

                        LL.M. thesis (Option biotechnologies), Université de Montréal, 2007.

                        (ca. 126 f.)

                                                Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 33799121, which notes that an

                                                English summary is included in the thesis.

 

Shariff, Shaheen.

                        “Cyber-libel and Cyber-bullying: Can Schools Protect Student Reputations

                        and Free-expression in Virtual Environments?”  Education and Law Journal

                        16(3) (March 2007): 307-342.

                                                One of several descriptors applied to the CBCA index record is

                                                “sexual orientation.”   Review of  law to help schools

                                                address cyber-bullying -- CBCA abstract.

 

Trotter, Geoffrey.

                        “The Right to Decline Performance of Same-sex Civil Marriages: The Duty to

                        Accommodate Public Servants: A Response to Professor Bruce MacDougall.”

                        Saskatchewan Law Review 70(2)(Summer 2007): 365-392.

NOTE: MacDougall paper (Sask. L.R. 69, pp. 351-373) listed under

YEAR 2006 in Law section.

Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature.

 

Walen, Gregory G.

            SEE “Rights of Common Law…” entry itemization, above,  LAW – YEAR 2007.

 

Whitaker, Marni M. K.

            SEE “Rights of Common Law…” entry itemization, above,  LAW – YEAR 2007.