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"The fifth edition of Canadian Immigration and Refugee Law for Legal Professionals presents the complexities of the principles and processes of immigration, refugee, and citizenship law in an approachable, user-friendly format. It uses clear language, multiple examples, process charts, fact scenarios, and legal cases to break down and contextualize the law. This allows readers to clearly understand and apply what they have learned."--

Title IV-E of the Social Security Act provides federal support for foster care and adoption assistance programs. Since 2008, 5 tribes have been approved to operate their own title IV-E foster care programs, although more than 80 tribes initially expressed an interest in doing so. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides development grants and technical assistance to tribes interested in establishing a title IV-E program. This book examines obstacles facing tribes interested in directly operating a title IV-E program; and the assistance HHS has provided. Under title IV-E, stat

"A little more perfect" -- Workplace discrimination -- Health and privacy -- Safe schools and students' rights -- Lost in translation -- Life in the military -- The fight for marriage equality -- Adoption and family planning -- The future of rights and laws.

Visibility and Immutability in Asylum Law and Procedure --Desiring the Nation : Transgender Trauma in Asylum Declarations --Trans Citizenship : Marriage, Immigration, and Neoliberal Recognition --Transfer Points : Trans Migrants and Immigration Detention.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter Authors -- Voices From The Field Contributors -- Preface -- Goals of the Book -- New to This Edition -- Intended Audience -- Organization and Content -- Learning Tools -- Instructor's Resources -- Reference -- Acknowledgments -- Share Forensic Social Work: Psychosocial and Legal Issues Across Diverse Populations and Settings, Second Edition -- Part I: A Human Rights and Social Justice Approach to Forensic Practice -- Chapter 1: Conceptual and Historical Overview of Forensic Social Work -- Section One: Central Concepts and Theme-Based Strategies in Forensic Social Work -- Section Two: Definitions and Central Themes of Forensic Practice -- Section Three: The History and Evolution of Forensic Social Work -- Chapter 2: Life Course Systems Power Analysis: Understanding Health and Justice Disparities for Forensic Assessment and Intervention -- Voices from the Field -- Chapter 3: Human Rights: Some Implications for Social Work -- Voices From the Field -- Chapter 4: Social Work and the Law: An Overview of Ethics, Social Work, and Civil and Criminal Law -- Voices From the Field -- Part II: Systems of Care and Forensic Practice -- Chapter 5: Education, Social Work, and the Law -- Voices From the Field -- Chapter 6: Thinking Outside the Box: Tackling Health Inequities Through Forensic Social Work Practice -- Voices From the Field -- Chapter 7: Housing -- Voices From the Field -- Chapter 8: Employment at the Intersection of the Juvenile Justice System -- Voices From the Field -- Chapter 9: Families as a System in Forensic Practice -- Voices From the Field -- Chapter 10: Family and Social Services: Meeting Basic Human Needs of Income, Food, and Shelter -- Voices From the Field -- Voices From the Field -- Chapter 11: Child Welfare -- Voices From the Field -- Chapter 12: Domestic Violence

Aboriginal nations, the australian nation-state and indigenous international legal traditions / Ambellin Kwaymullina -- Domination in relation to indigenous ("dominated") peoples in international law / Steven Newcomb -- Natural law and the law of nations : "society" and the exclusion of first nations as subjects of international law / Marcelle Burns -- Long before Munich : the American template for Hitlerian diplomacy / Ward Churchill -- First nations, indigenous peoples : our laws have always been here / Irene Watson -- Law and politics of indigenous self-determination : the meaning of the right to prior consultation / Roger Merino -- How governments manufacture consent and use it against indigenous peoples /- Sharon Venne -- "Kill the Indian in the child" : genocide in international law / Tamara Starblanket.

Summarizes discussions regarding the role of women in creating prosperity through paid and unpaid work, at the 10th CWP meeting, held in Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand, on Oct. 18, 1998. Some focus on the low status of women in many Commonwealth countries.