Women, Law and Social Change

T. Brettel Dawson

2002

Virtual Casebook
www.lawsite.ca/femlaw

Note:

· The “Virtual Casebook” is a ‘work-in-progress’. It is a pilot teaching tool that combines paper and online resources. Only those topics which are hyperlinked in this table of contents have been posted. Additional sections will be completed, added or deleted as time and resources permit.

· I would be pleased to receive ideas for useful links and will gladly post primary material including factums, research findings etc.

Contents:

PART 1. Classic Issues
A. Body	B. Family	C. Work	D. State	E. Borders

PART 2. Contemporary Issues
A. Body	B. Family	C. Work	D. State	E. Borders

PART 1: CLASSIC ISSUES

These web templates record older issues related to women’s equality rights (some with contemporary echoes or unfinished implementation). The purpose of pages is to provide easy access points to the leading cases and commentary in these areas.

A. Bodies

· Abortion

· Pornography

· Sexual assault

B. Family

· Maternity benefits as sexual discrimination protection;

· Spousal support

· Same sex benefits

C. Work

· Pay equity

· Employment equity

· Sexual harassment

D. State

· Access to Services

· Women and Imprisonment

E. Borders

· Gender persecution guidelines re immigration

PART 2: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

These web templates address issues which are currently matters of public and legal debate. There may be litigation, reform initiatives, activist organizing for social change in any or all of these issues. The purpose of the pages is to provide an easy access point to the key documents and arguments in the debates.

A. Bodies

· Maternal-Fetal ‘rights’

· New Reproductive technology

B. Families

· Same sex marriage

· Custody and access reform

· Race in custody

C. Work

· Employment testing

· Women in the legal profession

D. State

· Legal Aid (Re G.)

· Poverty and welfare (spouse in house; Gosselin)

· Compensation schemes and processes (eg. residential schools. Criminal injuries compensation board)

· Specialized court processes, including domestic violence courts.

E. Borders

· Trafficking in women and children

· Indian Act

· Hague Convention and Child Abduction