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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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE AUTHORS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION
   What Is a Polygamous Marriage?
   The Practice of and Reasons for Polygamy
   
   
2. SHOULD CANADA EXTEND FURTHER RECOGNITION TO FOREIGN POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGES?
   Validity of Foreign Marriages
   Status Versus Incidents of Status
   Recognition of Valid Foreign Polygamous Marriages
   
   
3. SHOULD CANADA DECRIMINALIZE POLYGAMY AND PLURAL UNIONS?
   Potential Charter Challenge to s. 293
   
   
4. WOULD EXPANDED RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN MARRIAGES OR DECRIMINALIZATION OF POLYGAMY AND PLURAL UNIONS LEAD TO LEGALIZATION OF THE CELEBRATION OF POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGES IN CANADA?
   No Necessary Connection Between Recognition of Foreign Marriage or Decriminalization and Domestic Law
   Possible Constitutional Challenges
   
   
5. CONCLUSION

APPENDIXES

1. Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995
2. Canada, Religious Affiliation, 2001

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