All I’m asking for is a little respect: equality rights and same-sex spousal benefits

Publisher

University of British Columbia

Date Issued

2008

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Master of Laws - LLM

Program

Law

Description

This thesis explores same-sex spousal benefits claims against the background of Canada’s equality rights jurisprudence. This, in turn, is examined in light of the right to respect for one's private life, as developed in European human rights jurisprudence, and contrasted with the right to privacy doctrine developed in the United States of America. The judicial development of limitations of constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms is also examined with a view to developing a successful same-sex spousal benefit claim.

Date Available

2008-09-15

Rights

For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.

DOI

10.14288/1.0077478

Affiliation

Law, Peter A. Allard School of

ID

1.0077478

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