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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 used to address family violence. Because family violence is not only a ''family law'' topic, the chapter discusses overlapping areas of law, including:
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 Violence and the Family Law Act|Family Law Act]]'' and its treatment of family violence,
* Child protection issues,
* [[Family Violence and Child Protection|Child protection]] issues,
* Canada's criminal justice system, with information for victims of crime and those accused, and
* Family violence in the [[Family Violence and the Criminal Code |context of Canada's ''Criminal Code'']], 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.
* [[Suing for Family Violence in a Family Law Claim|civil claims]] and the ''law of torts'' designed to make wrongdoers pay compensation to plaintiffs for the losses they have suffered.


===The ''Family Law Act''===
===The ''Family Law Act''===

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