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Excerpt: 'Canadian courts have only recently begun to address the issue of children's rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982). Drafted explicitly to protect individuals from unjustified discrimination or unwarranted state intrusion in their lives, the Charter is considered the supreme law of Canada (s. 52).'

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Excerpt: 'For many years male violence against women has brought untold misery into the lives of countless women and children. This has happened because of the refusal of a male dominated society to recognise that not only is this behaviour wrong, it is criminal. Domestic violence is a crime. Automatic prosecution under current proposals has too many loopholes and places too much pressure on women who have been isolated by their abusers and terrified into submission.' 3000 words, 2.1 Undergraduate Essay

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Excerpt: 'There is also scope to doubt whether the impact of the Children Act 1989 has reduced parental concerns in situations where inappropriate removal from the jurisdiction is feared. The Act seeks to remove the previous concepts of custody and access which led to the parent charged with daily care of the child being tempted to claim victory by having won the child.'

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Excerpt: If the concerns in respect of Alia are not regarded as sufficiently serious for the making of one of the orders discussed above, this may prove a preferable solution since it would provide assistance if required also to Daniel and James and not merely be restricted to Alia' 2500 words, 2.1 Undergraduate Essay

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Excerpt: 'Therefore Dan will not be entitled to apply for a residence or contact order as he has not lived with the children for a period that exceeds three years. It is possible for a shared residence order also to be considered and although it was once felt that such orders would only be appropriate in circumstances where the parents were on amicable terms - this is now not thought to be the case.' 2500 words, 2.1 Undergraduate Essay

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Excerpt: 'However given the dicta in X Council and the opinion of academics these orders should only be considered if the local authority has attempted informal procedures to try and see the child and consult with the parents. The use of informal methods followed by a Child Assessment Order if they fail has to be the first two steps to take. The evidence presented in the question does not give sufficient grounds for any more stringent actions even given the previous allegations.'

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Excerpt: 'Marriage is a union between a man and a woman. The legislation of the Catholic Church states from the first Canon in the marriage section the necessity that the matrimonial union must be between a man and woman: "Matrimonial consent is an act of the will exchanged between a man and a woman." The purpose of this paper is to analyze the important implications and the motivations which the canonical legislator has in order to give this important norm to a marriage and. in a special way, to those marriages celebrated in the Catholic Church.'

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Excerpt: 'If the State was entitled to intervene in every case where professional opinion differed from that of parents, or where the State considered parents to be wrong in a decision, we would be rapidly stepping towards the “Brave New World” in which the State always knows best. In my view that situation would be totally at variance with both the spirit and the word of the Constitution'

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Excerpt: 'Deciding to separate is hard enough. Separation and divorce are difficult times for parents and especially if there are children involved. It is important to make decisions which meet the needs of both parties. Dealing with family matters within the courts can take an extremely long time. Divorce alone takes an immense toll out of any individual.'

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Excerpt: 'The conclusion of this essay, is that the full meaning of Article 12 requires a real political voice to be given to children and to be presented to them in a manner they can utilise. It does not say that children have the maturity to make such important decisions, but their views should genuinely be taken into account when making decisions that effect them. Only in this way can our societies extent to children the democratic rights taken for granted by the rest of us and all governments, even the most open and advanced, have a long way to go in providing this right.'

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