About the author

• Author: Nicholas Bala
• Profession: Professor of Law Queen's University
• Pages: 615-615

aBOUT THE AUTHOR

Nicholas Bala is a Professor at the Faculty of Law at Queen's University

and one of Canada's leading experts in the field of family law and chil-

dren's law. He has published extensively on such topics as legal issues

related to child witnesses and child abuse, young offenders, custody

and access following divorce, child support, the legal definition of the

family and leagl responses to family violence. His work is often cited

by the courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. He has done

considerable consulting on law reform issues in the family law field for

federal and provincial governments as well as for aboriginal organiza-

tions, and has appeared as a witness at a number of Parliamentary hear-

ings. He is also the author of Young Offenders Law (1997) in Irwin

Law's Essentials of Canadian Law series.

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