YEAR/ANNÉE 1994
Arnup, Katherine.
“Finding
Fathers: Artificial Insemination, Lesbians, and the Law.”
Canadian Journal of Women
and the Law 7(1) (1994): 97-115.
“Examines the
history of artificial insemination and the legal
issues
that surround its use….The author argues for an expanded
notion
of reproductive choice that incorporates the right of access
to
artificial insemination for lesbians and single mothers” –NISC
Gay
& Lesbian Abstracts.
Boyd, Susan
B.
“Expanding
the ‘Family’ in Family Law: Recent Proposals on Same Sex
Relationships.”
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 7(2) (1994):
545-563.
Relevant statute:
Boyd, Susan B.
“(Re)Placing the State: Family, Law and Oppression.”
Canadian Journal of Law and Society 9(1) (Spring 1994): 39-73.
“An examination of recent Canadian court rulings on support &
property law & same-sex relationships, focusing on the dynamic
functions of the state in these traditional & nontraditional areas” –
from Sociological Abstracts. Broader
than scope of this bibliography.
Brodsky,
Gwen.
“Out
of the Closet and into a Wedding Dress?: Struggles for
Lesbian and Gay
Legal
Equality.” Canadian Journal of
Women and the Law 7 (1994): 523-535.
Busby, Karen.
“LEAF [(Women’s) Legal
Education and Action Fund] and Pornography:
Litigating on
Equality and Sexual Representations.”
Canadian Journal
of
Law and Society 9 (Spring 1994): 165-192.
Broader than scope
of bibliography, but concerns gay men, lesbians,
censorship,
the Criminal Code, and the Canadian Charter of Rights
and Freedoms.
Caron,
Michèle.
“Variations sur le thème de l’invisibilisation.” Revue
juridique La femme et
le
droit = Canadian Journal of Women and the Law
7(2) (1994): 271-285.
Lesbians: law; identity; discrimination.
Casey,
Shelley.
“Homosexual
Parents & Canadian Child Custody Law.” Family and
Conciliation Courts Review
[Los Angeles]
32(3) (1994): 379-396.
Chotalia, Shirish.
“The Vriend
Decision: A Case Study in Constitutional Remedies in the
Human Rights
Context.”
Relevant statutes:
Canadian Charter of
Rights and Freedoms, s. 15(1).
Cossman, Brenda.
“Family
Inside/Out.” University of Toronto
Law Journal 44 (Winter 1994): 1-39.
Title also published: Toronto:
Faculty of Law, University
of Toronto,
1992 (60 p.).
Gay/lesbian couples, etc.
D’Aoust, Vicky.
“Competency,
Autonomy, and Choice: On Being a Lesbian and Having
Disabilities.” Canadian Journal of Women and the Law
7 (1994): 564-578.
Eaton, Mary.
“Lesbians,
Gays and the Struggle for Equality Rights: Reversing the Progressive
Hypothesis.” Dalhousie Law Journal 17 (Spring
1994): 130-186.
Eaton, Mary.
“Patently Confused: Complex Inequality and
Review of Constitutional
Studies 1 (1994): 203-245.
Relevant statutes:
Canadian Human Rights Act; Canadian
Charter
of Rights and Freedoms, s. 15.
Fadel, Alec.
“Homosexual
Offenses in Ottawa
1950 to 1967: The Medicalization of
the
Legal Process.” MA
thesis, Concordia
University, 1994.
(116 p.)
“Since 1892 the
Criminal Code of Canada has outlawed homosexual
sex
by defining it as buggery and gross indecency and prescribing
strict
penalties. This thesis will analyze how
these legal codes were
created
and how they were used by Ottawa
courts between 1950 and
1967. This thesis
will also examine the rise of a medical model of
homosexuality
in
and
discuss the influence of the medical model on the courts –
abstract
from Canadian Research Index.
Freeman, Jody.
“Defining Family in the Mossop v. DSS: The Challenge of Anti-Essentialism
and
Interactive Discrimination for Human Rights Legislation.”
University of Toronto
Law Journal 44 (Winter 1994): 41-96.
Herman, Didi.
“The Good, the Bad, and the Smugly:
Perspectives on the Canadian Charter
of Rights and
Freedoms.” Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
14 (Winter 1994):
589-604.
Discussion of the
Charter particularly in relation to the lesbian and gay
rights
movement.
Herman, Didi.
“A Jurisprudence of One’s Own? Ruthann Robson’s Lesbian Legal Theory.”
Canadian Journal of Women and the
Law 7(2) (1994): 509-522.
Herman, Didi.
Rights of Passage: Struggles for
Lesbian and Gay Legal Equality.
Toronto:
University of Toronto Press, c1994.
(198 p.; ISBN 0802004415; 0802072313)
Reviews: Mary
Eaton, Queen’s Law Journal 20 (Spring 1995): 628-631;
Susan B. Boyd, University
of British Columbia
Law Review 28
(1994): 399-402;
Shane Phelan, American Political Science
Review 90(4)
(1996): 938-939; David M. Rayside, Canadian
Review of
Sociology and Anthropology 32(1) (1995): 123-125;
David Rayside, Canadian Journal of Political Science 28(1)
(1995):
140-141; Don
235-236; Canadian
Journal of Women & the Law 7(2)
(1994): 523-535;
Michael Farago, University of Toronto
Faculty
of
Law Review 53 (Spring 1995): 376-383.
Jenish, D’Arcy.
“Round Two: Gays Vow to Fight in Court
after
Maclean’s [Toronto ed.], June 20, 1994, p. 32 (619 words).
Johnson, Lori.
“The Legal Status of
Post-Operative Transsexuals.” Health
Law Journal 2
(1994): 159-181.
Keller, Jeffrey.
“On Becoming a Fag.”
Gays;
rape; sex discrimination.
Majury, Diana.
“Refashioning the Unfashionable:
Claiming Lesbian Identities in the Legal
Context.” Canadian Journal of Women and the Law
7(2) (1994): 286-317.
McAllister, Debra M.
“Egan: A Crucible for Human
Rights.” National Journal of
Constitutional Law 5
(Nov. 1994): 95-108.
Relevant statute:
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 15.
McEvoy, J. P.
“The Charter and Spousal Benefits: The
Case of the Same-Sex Spouse.”
Review of Constitutional Studies
2 (1994): 39-75.
Relevant statute:
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 15.
McSweeney, Lucy Kingen.
“Sexual Orientation Discrimination and
Employee Benefit Plans: A Comment
on Clinton v.
Law 7 (Summer-Fall 1994):
583-592.
Relevant statute:
Millbank, Jenni.
“What Do Lesbians Do?:
Motherhood Ideology, Lesbian Mothers and Family
Law.” LL.M. thesis, University of British Columbia, 1994.
Nemeth, Mary.
“The Fight to Change the Law is Not
Over.” Maclean’s, May 16, 1994,
p. 43 (440 words).
About the personal
and legal struggle of Delwin Vriend,
Edmonton
teacher
fired because he was gay.
Clinton, May 3, 1994. Toronto, Ont.: The Commission, 1994.
(5 p.)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 17182791.
SEE
ALSO entry for YEAR 1993, below.
Page, S. John, and Springer, Sari L.
Sexual Orientation
and the Law. Toronto: Department of Continuing Legal
Education, Law Society
of
(1 v., various pagings;
ISBN 0887598943)
“These materials
were planned and organized…for the program held
in
Toronto on…June 21, 1994” – University of Toronto
catalogue note.
Pearlman, Lynne.
“Theorizing Lesbian Oppression and the
Politics of Outness in the Case of
Waterman v. National Life Assurance: A
Beginning in Lesbian Human
Rights/Equality
Jurisprudence.” Canadian
Journal of Women and the Law 7
(1994): 454-508.
Petersen, Cynthia.
“Living Dangerously:
Speaking Lesbian, Teaching Law.” Canadian
Journal
of
Women and the Law 7(2) (1994): 318-348.
Lesbian
law teachers.
Ristock, Janice L.
“‘And Justice for All?’: The Social Context of Legal Responses to Abuse
in Lesbian
Relationships.” Canadian Journal of
Women and the Law 7(2)
(1994): 415-430.
Robinson, Ann.
“Lesbiennes, mariage et famille: De
l’illégalité à l’égalité par la Commission des
droits de la
personne du Québec.” Canadian Journal of Women and the
Law 7(2) (1994): 393-414.
Sanders, Douglas.
“Constructing Lesbian
and Gay Rights.” Canadian
Journal of Law and Society 9
(Fall 1994): 99-143.
Relevant statute:
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 15.
Scales, Ann.
“Avoiding
Constitutional Depression: Bad Attitudes and the Fate of Butler.”
Canadian Journal of Women and the
Law 7(2) (1994): 349-392.
Obscenity; pornography;
lesbians; Criminal Code;
etc.
Smart, Carol.
“Law, Feminism and
Sexuality: From Essence to Ethics?”
Canadian
Journal of Law and Society 9
(Spring 1994): 15-38.
Sullivan, Steve.
“Defining Sexual Orientation: A Paper.” Prepared by Victims of Violence;
prepared by Steve Sullivan. Ottawa: The Centre, 1994.
(18 p.)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 15240426, which notes
“
Justice and Legal
Affairs,
Université Laval (Québec, Québec). Groupe de recherche multidisciplinaire
féministe.
Lesbiennes, mariage et famille:
mémoire présenté à la Commission des
droits
de la personne du Québec dans le cadre de sa consultation publique
sur
la discrimination et la violence envers les gais et les lesbiennes au
Québec. Québec: La Groupe, 1994.
(38 p.; ISBN 2893640729)
Wintemute, Robert.
“Sexual Orientation Discrimination as
Sex Discrimination: Same-Sex Couples
and the
Charter in Mossop, Egan and Layland.” McGill Law Journal 39
(June 1994): 429-478.
Young, Claire F. L.
“Taxing Times for Lesbians and Gay Men:
Equality at What Cost?”
Dalhousie Law Journal 17 (Fall 1994):
534-559.
Income
tax; gays/lesbians/gay couples.
Published also: Toronto: Faculty of Law, University of Toronto,
1994.
(27
p.)