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Polygamy in Canada: Legal and Social Implications for Women and Children – A Collection of Policy Research Reports

Expanding Recognition of Foreign Polygamous Marriages: Policy Implications for Canada

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Cases

Adler v. Ontario, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 609.

Ali v. Ali, [1968] P. 564.

Ali v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship & Immigration), [1998] F.C.J. No. 1640.

Awwad v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship & Immigration), 1999 CanLII 7392 (F.C.J.).

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Bibi v. Chief Adjudication Officer, [1997] UKSSCSC CG_41_1994 (June 25, 1997).

Blencoe v. British Columbia, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 307.

Brook v. Brook (1861), 9 H.L. Cas. 193.

Canada (A.G.) v. Canard, [1976] 1 S.C.R. 170.

Re Chai (1952), 103 C.C.C. 350, [1952] 4 D.L.R. 715 (B.C. S.C.) aff'd (1953), 105 C.C.C. 136, (1953), 2 D.L.R. 766 (B.C.C.A.), aff'd [1954] S.C.R. 10.

Cheni (orse. Rodriguez) v. Cheni, [1965] P. 85; 3 All E.R. 873.

Dagenais v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 835.

Dionne v. Pepin (1934), 72 C.S. 393, 40 R. de Jur. 443 (Que. S.C.).

Re Donald, Baldwin v. Mooney, [1929] S.C.R. 306.

Douglass (otherwise Hodgins) v. Hodgins (1957), 7 D.L.R. (2d) 57 (Ont. H.C.).

Droit de la Famille - 1005, [1986] R.D.F. 78 (C.S. Que.).

EGALE Canada Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General) (2003), 225 D.L.R. (4th) 472 (B.C.C.A.).

Figueroa v. Canada, 2003 SCC 37.

Gaveronski v. Gaveronski (1974), 45 D.L.R. (3d) 317 (Sask. Q.B.).

Halpern v. Canada (Attorney General) (2003), 65 O.R. (3d) 161 (C.A.).

Re Hassan and Hassan (1976), 12 O.R. (2d) 432 (H.C.).

Hendricks v. Québec (Procureur général), [2002] R.J.Q. 2506 (Que. C.A.).

Hyde v. Hyde and Woodmansee (1866), [1861-73] All E.R. Rep. 175.

In the Matter of the Criminal Code, 1892, Sections 275-276, Relating to Bigamy, (1897) 27 S.C.R. 461.

Kahl v. Kahl, [1943] O.W.N. 558 (H.C.).

Kerr v. Kerr, [1952] 4 D.L.R. 578 (Man. C.A.).

The King v. John Harris (1906), 11 C.C.C. 254 (Que.).

Lavoie v. Canada, 2002 SCC 23.

Law v. Canada, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 497.

Law Society of British Columbia v. Andrews, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 143.

Lee v. Lau, [1967] P. 14.

Lim v. Lim, [1948] 1 W.W.R. 298 (B.C.S.C.).

M.M. v. J.H. (2004), 247 D.L.R. (4th) 361 (Ont. Sup. Ct. J.).

Re Macdonald, [1962] O.R. 762 (C. A.).

Meszaros v. Meszaros, [1964] 2 O.R. 336 (H.C.).

Miron v. Trudel, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 418.

Mirza v. Mirza (1966), 110 Col Jo. 708.

Nova Scotia v. Martin, 2003 SCC 54.

Nowell v. Town Estate (1999), 35 O.R. (3d) 415 (C.A.); appeal to S.C.C. discontinued, [1997] S.C.C.A. No. 642.

Orford v. Orford (1921), 49 O.L.R. 15 (H.C).

P. (S.E.) v. P. (D.D.), 2005 Carswell BC 2137 (Sup. Ct.).

Parkasho v. Singh, [1967] 1 All E.R. 737.

Peter v. Beblow, [1993] S.C.R. 980.

The Queen v. “Bear's Shin Bone” (1899), 3 C.C.C. 329 (N.W.T.S.C.).

Qureshi v. Qureshi, [1971] 1 All E.R. 325.

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R. v. Eastman (1932), 58 C.C.C. 218.

R. v. Labrie (1891), 7 M.L.R. Q.B. 211 (Que. C.A).

R. v. Liston (1893) (Toronto Assizes, unreported).

R. v. Nan-E-Quis-A-Ka (1889), 1 Terr. L.R. 211.

R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103.

R. v. Sagoo, [1975] 2 All E.R. 926 (C.A.).

R. v. Tolhurst (1937), 38 C.C.C. 319.

R. v. Zundel, [1992] 2 S.C.R. 731.

RJR-MacDonald v. Canada, [1995] 3 S.C.R. 199.

Radwan v. Radwan (No. 2), [1973] Fam. 35.

Rae v. Rae, [1944] 2 D.L.R. 604 (Ont. C.A.)

Re Bill 30 (Ontario Separate School Funding), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 1148.

Reference re Same-Sex Marriage, 2004 SCC 79.

Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145 (1878).

Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1993] 3 S.C.R. 519.        

Sara v. Sara (1962), 40 W.W.R. 257, 36 D.L.R. (2d) 499; aff'ing (1962), 38 W.W.R. 143, 31 D.L.R. (2d) 566 (B.C. S.C.).

Schachter v. Canada, [1992] 2 S.C.R. 679.

Sinha Peerage Claim (1939), [1946] 1 All E.R. 346n.

Sowa v. Sowa, [1961] 1 All. E.R. 687 (C.A.).

Syndicat Northcrest v. Anselem, 2004 SCC 47.

Tse v. Canada (Min. of Employment & Immigration) (1983), 144 D.L.R. (3d) 155 (F.C.A.).

Re Urquhart Estate (1990), 74 O.R. (2d) 42 (H.C.).

Vallomattom v. Union of India, 2003 SOL Case No. 388 (Supreme Court of India).

Vriend v. Alberta, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 493.

Yew v. Yew (1924), 33 B.C.R. 109 (C.A.).

Legislation

An Act further to amend the Criminal Law, S.C. 1890, c. 37, s. 11 (1890).

An Act respecting Offences relating to the Law of Marriage, R.S.C. 1885, c. 161, s. 4.

An Act to Amend Section 5352 of the Revised Statutes of the United States in Reference to Bigamy and for Other Purposes (U.S.) (1882).

Bill C-38, An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes, 1st Sess., 38th Parl., 2004-2005.

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B of the Canada Act 1982 (U.K.), 1982, c. 11.

Children's Law Reform Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.12.

Civil Code of Quebec, S.Q. 1991, c. 64.

Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B of the Canada Act 1982 (U.K.), 1982, c. 11.

Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, ss. 290 & 293.

Criminal Code, S.C. 1892, c. 29, ss.275-278.

Criminal Code, S.C. 1953-54, c. 51, s.243.

Divorce Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 3, ss. 2 & 8.

Family Law Act, 1975 (Austl.), s. 6.

Family Law Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.3.

Family Law Act, S.N.W.T., 1997, c. 18, s. 1(2), as am. by S.N.W.T. 2002,c.6,s.2(2).

Family Law Act, S.P.E.I. 1995, c. 12.

The Family Property Act, S.S. 1997, c. F-6.3.

The Family Property Act, C.C.S.M., c. F25.

Family Property and Support Act, R.S.Y. 1986, c. 63.

Family Relations Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 128.

Family Law Act, 1975 (Aust.), s. 6.

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (India).

Immigration Act 1988 (U.K.), c. 14, s. 2.

Immigration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-2, s.19.                   

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27.

Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, SOR/2002-227.

Modernization of Benefits Act, S.C. 2000, c. 12.

Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China, 1980, as am. on April 28, 2001.

Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act, S.C. 1990, c. 46.

Modernization of Benefits Act, S.C. 2000, c. 12.

Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (U.K.), 1995, ss.5-8.

Tax Credits (Polygamous Marriages) Regulations 2003 (U.K.), No. 743, s. 50.