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==Overview of the various laws around family violence== | ==Overview of the various laws around family violence== | ||
This chapter covers laws and legal mechanisms | This chapter covers laws and legal mechanisms used to address family violence. Because family violence is not only a ''family law'' topic, the chapter discusses overlapping areas of law, including: | ||
* the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' and its treatment of family violence, | * the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' and its treatment of family violence, | ||
* Child protection issues, | * Child protection issues, | ||
* Canada's criminal justice system, with information for victims and those accused, and | * Canada's criminal justice system, with information for victims of crime and those accused, and | ||
* civil claims and the ''law of torts'' designed to make wrongdoers pay compensation to plaintiffs for the losses they have suffered. | * civil claims and the ''law of torts'' designed to make wrongdoers pay compensation to plaintiffs for the losses they have suffered. | ||
