ZivaHub2026 · dataset
The Courts’ Role in the Use and Application of Puberty Blockers for Gender Affirming Care for Adolescents in Aotearoa New Zealand<p><strong>This dissertation attempts to answer the question of how New Zealand courts should act when faced with politically charged cases relating to the healthcare of adolescents. Specifically this dissertation is focused on the use of puberty blockers for gender affirming care in adolescents, and what the courts could and should do when faced with making decisions on their use and legality.</s
ZivaHub2026 · dataset
Mateo Chitha: Beyond the “Madonna Adoption Cases”: Social Contexts of the Residency Requirement in Malawi<p dir="ltr">Section 3(5) of the Adoption of Children Act 1949 (ACA 1949) restricts adoptions to applicants resident in Malawi. Thus, adoptions were granted to applicants strictly resident in Malawi. However, with the Madonna adoptions (2008, 2010 and 2017) orders are granted to applicants not strictly resident in Malawi. This shift highlights the legal-social dichotomy of the concept of adoption.
Borealis + Agri-environmental Research Data Dataverse2017 · dataset · unknown
Canadian Reported Court Decisions on Custody, Access and ParentingThe data set includes Canadian reported custody decisions from 2015, as well as reported decisions in British Columbia and Ontario for 2005 and 2010. The cases are put within a data sheet with 18 different factors with the aim being to determine how Canadian custody/access/parenting cases are decided as a whole, and how they are decided in each jurisdiction.
Borealis + Agri-environmental Research Data Dataverse2015 · dataset · unknown
Canadian Relocation Cases: Heading Towards Guidelines, 2011Regardless of outcome, cases where a parent wants to relocate with a child following separation have a profound impact on all concerned, and are among the most difficult cases in the family justice system. While the new British Columbia Family Law Act (not yet in force) has provisions that address relocation, no other Canadian statutes address these problems, and the only relevant Supreme Court ca
Harvard Dataverse2011 · dataset · unknown
State Responses to Immigration DatabaseUsers can search this database of immigration-related bills and resolutions introduced in state legislatures. Topics include: immigration enforcement initiatives, employment regulations, and health-related bills. Background The State Responses to Immigration Database was created by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and a research team at New York University (NYU) School of Law. This database pr