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65 U. Toronto Fac. L. Rev. 1 (2007)
Bringing International Human Rights Law Home: An Evaluation of Canada's Family Law Treatment of Polygamy

handle is hein.journals/utflr65 and id is 3 raw text is: BRINGING INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW HOME: AN EVALUATION OF CANADA'S FAMILY LAW TREATMENT OF POLYGAMY* LISA M. KELLY** I INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 3 II THE CONTEXTUAL REALITY OF POLYGAMOUS FAMILY STRUCTURES ............. 7 Polygamous Relationships in the Canadian Context ................................. 7 Polygyny as a Form of Patriarchy .............................................................. 8 Moving Beyond a Harm-Based Analysis of Polygyny in the Family Law Context .................................................................................. 11 III INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND POLYGYNY: ASSESSING CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS ............................... 12 IV WHAT ROLE SHOULD CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITMENTS PLAY IN ITS DOMESTIC FAMILY LAW TREATMENT OF POLYGAMY? .............................................................................................. 16 International Human Rights Norms as a Legally Coherent Approach to the Treatment of Polygamy ................................................. 16 The Role of Rights in Canadian Family Law .......................................... 17 Human Rights and Family Law: A Qualitative Tension? ....................... 19 Human Rights versus Multiculturalism ................................................... 21 Accepting Dominant Articulations of Religion or Culture ..................... 21 An Irreconcilable Tension Between Equality Rights and Freedom of Religion or Culture .............................................................. 22 V A FRAMEWORK FOR THE CANADIAN FAMILY LAW TREATMENT OF POLYGAMY .......................................................................................... 25 Non-Recognition at Formation ................................................................ 25 Recognition for the Purpose of Relief: Responding to Women's Lived Realities ................................................. 28 C hild Support ......................................................................................... 29 Spousal Support .................................................................................... 30 M atrim onial Property Division .............................................................. 34 V CONCLUSION ............................................................................................. 37 * The author would like to thank the participants in the 2006 Capstone Academic Stream and Thesis Course at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, and the Editorial Board of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review for their helpful comments and suggested revisions. The author is extremely grateful to Professor Carol Rogerson for her supervisory guidance and extensive comments and critiques of earlier versions of this article. The author gratefully acknowledges the support of a J.S.D. Tory Fellowship in revising an earlier version of this article. ** B.A. (British Columbia), J.D. (Toronto). University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review / Volume 65 Number 1 / Winter 2007 1

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