Children and the Law. Essays in Honour of Professor Nicholas Bala

Publisher:: Irwin Law Inc.
Publication date:: 2011-09-08

Authors:: Sanjeev Anand
ISBN:: 9781552212165

Description:

This collection of essays addresses some of the most important and challenging issues related to the legal status of children, and the volume makes an important contribution to the growing but still small Canadian literature on children’s rights. These essays are being published together to honour the scholarship of Nicholas Bala, professor of law at Queen’s University whose contribution to our understanding of the law as it relates to children and youth in Canada is unequalled.

Preliminary Sections

Preliminary Sections
Preface
Introduction: Paradoxes of Children's Rights

Part One

The Children's Trilogy: The Best Interests of the Child Principle and the Principles of Fundamental Justice
Children's Rights and Health Law: The 'Mature Minor' Rule Revisited
Nowhere to Stand: Correction by Force in the Supreme Court of Canada
The Child Witness Project: Examining the Assessment of the Competence of Child Witnesses
Factors Influencing the Eyewitness Identification Accuracy of Child Witnesses

Part Two

The Changing Face of Youth Corrections
The Last Chance Sanction in Youth Court: The Deferred Custody and Supervision Order
The Youth Criminal Defence Office: A Model Approach to the Right to Counsel
Understanding the Principled Arguments for Criminalizing Misbehaviour by Youths under Twelve

Part Three

Judicial Interviews of Children in Custody and Access Cases
Speaking for Themselves: A Pilot Program Balancing Children's Rights and Best Interests in High-Conflict Families
An Evaluation of Alberta's Family Law Act
No Presumptions: Joint Custody in the British Columbia Court of Appeal
Contributors