Reference re Same-Sex Marriage

2004 SCC 79

SCC Reasons for Judgment

Faculty of Law Research and Commentary discussing Reference re Same-Sex Marriage Act

Kent Roach, “Not Just the Government’s Lawyer: The Attorney General as defender of the rule of law,” (2006) 31 Queen’s LJ 598-643.

Denise Réaume, “The relevance of relevance to equality rights,” (2006) 31 Queen’s LJ 696-730.

Martha Shaffer, “Developments in family law: the 2004-2005 term,” (2005) 30 Sup Ct L Rev (2nd) 359-377.

Facta

Date Document
2003/10/30 Factum – Attorney General of Canada
2004/03/30 Factum – Attorney General of Canada
2004/05/06 Intervener – Canadian Human Rights Commission
2004/05/07 Intervener – Martin Dion
2004/05/10 Intervener – The Interfaith Coalition on Marriage and Family
2004/05/11 Interveners – Hon. Anne Cools, Member of the Senate, and Robert Gallaway, Member of the House of Commons
2004/05/11 Intervener – The Association For Marriage and the Family in Ontario
2004/05/11 Interveners – The B.C. Couples – Dawn and Elizabeth Barbeau, Peter Cook and Murray Warren, and Jane Hamilton and Joy Masuhara
2004/05/11 Factum – British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
2004/05/11 Factum – Canadian Unitarian Church
2004/05/11 Intervener – Canadian Bar Association
2004/05/11 Intervener – Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2004/05/11 Factum – La coalition pour le mariage civil des couples des même sexe
2004/05/11 Intervener – The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
2004/05/11 Intervener – EGALE, Canada Inc. et. al.
2004/05/11 Intervener – The Foundation for Equal Families
2004/05/11 Factum – The Ontario and Québec couples
2004/05/11 Intervener – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
2004/05/11 Intervener – Manitoba Human Rights Commission
2004/05/11 Intervener – Mouvement läique québécois
2004/05/11 Intervener – Ontario Human Rights Commission
2004/05/11 Intervener – Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Canada
2004/05/11 Intervener – The United Church of Canada
2004/05/11 Intervener – Working Group on Civil Unions
2004/05/12 Factum – Attorney General of Alberta
2004/06/08 Reply Factum – Attorney General of Canada