This is a complete guide to the workings of the Canadian legal system as it relates to the practice of social work. The book uses the family life cycle as an organizing principle that connects legal procedures to the life of the family as it moves through marriage, parenthood, normal events, and specific crises along the continuum from birth to old age. The fifth edition of this book has been fully updated and revised to include the latest leading case law and legislation in the area.

Noteworthy updates and revisions include

Mediation and collaborative law
Procedural fairness and natural law
Discrimination on the basis of gender identity and social condition as well as a new discussion on equality rights
Results of the 2006 amendments to the procedures for bringing complaints to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, changes in the roles of judges in light of the increasing numbers of self-represented litigants, and the licensing of paralegals
Pretrial conferences and case conferences as informal mechanisms to resolve disputes as well as confidentiality and privilege in the ADR (Adoption Disclosure Register) context
What constitutes a family today and the challenges of defining it
New discussion on shared parenting and taking the views of children into consideration in custody assessments
International child abduction and the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, including the Hoole v. Hoole decision (2008 B.C.S.C.)
New discussion on family violence
New section on the Adoption Disclosure Register
Mental disorders as they relate to § 16 of the Criminal Code as well as a new discussion on the defences of provocation, self-defence, and duress
Extensively revised discussions of pre-trial detention and sentencing
Expanded discussions on consent, capacity assessments, and powers of attorney for personal care
Substantially updated and expanded discussion on mental health and the law, especially Community Treatment Orders (CTOs)
The latest statistics and research on income inequality
Updated case law and legislative developments, on refugee claimants, and humanitarian and compassionate grounds for admitting immigrants
The latest training and educational requirements of the profession and the various provincial and territorial regulatory bodies

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Law for Social Workers, 5th Edition, Softbound book

Law for Social Workers, 5th Edition, Softbound book