Launched
in 1985, the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law/Revue Femmes et
Droit is the only Canadian periodical devoted entirely to the publication
and dissemination of multi-disciplinary scholarship in the expanding
field of women's legal studies. The CJWL is incorporated as a non-profit
organization with charitable status. The CJWL's readership includes
lawyers, judges, law students, academics, government officials and
others interested in women's equality. The CJWL's mandate is to provide
an outlet for those wishing to explore the impact of law on women's
social, economic and legal status, and on the general conditions of
their lives.
The Journal
promotes the expansion of women's legal scholarship into new areas
of research and study, and it aims to increase the volume and improve
the accessibility of legal scholarship by Canadian women, on specifically
Canadian topics. Finally, the CJWL seeks to provide an important tool
for activists, academics and others engaged in research and law reform
efforts on behalf of women.
The CJWL's content and editorial policy reflect the objectives outlined
above. Editorial criteria are designed and applied to ensure a balance
in terms of type of contributions (articles, commentaries, research
notes, case comments and book reviews), discipline, subject matter,
language, jurisdiction, and perspective.
The Journal
is pleased to have published the first six decisions of the Women's
Court of Canada (WCC). The WCC is an innovative project bringing together
academics, activists, and litigators to rewrite the Canadian Charter
equality jurisprudence. Taking inspiration from Oscar Wilde, who once
said "the only duty we owe to history is to rewrite it",
the WCC operates as a virtual court, and 'reconsiders' leading equality
decisions. The WCC renders alternative decisions as a means of articulating
fresh conceptions of substantive equality. Into the future the Journal
will publish new decisions of the Women's Court as they are released.
Through
its editorial policies and expanding domestic and international reputation,
the CJWL has been instrumental in fostering the growth and improving
the accessibility of feminist legal scholarship in Canada. Recently
published articles have examined issues of religious arbitration,
sentencing circles and domestic violence, reparations as narrative
resistance, domestic violence legislation, and Queer theory approaches
to international law. Recent issues have focused on equality, poverty,
racism, and law and film. Much of the material published has been
ground-breaking in subject matter, perspective, and scope.
At its
inception, the English side of the CJWL was located at the University
of Windsor, with Kathleen Lahey as English Co-Editor and at the University
of Laval, with Edith Deleury as French Co-Editor. The English side
subsequently moved to Queen's University with Kathleen Lahey. 'During
the ensuing two decades, the Journal has been hosted by the University
of Ottawa/Carleton University, the University of British Columbia,
the University of Toronto, Laval University, Osgoode Hall Law School,
and the University of Manitoba.
CJWL
is published twice per year by the Canadian Journal of Women and the
Law with the generous support of the Social Science and Humanities
Research Council of Canada, the Manitoba Legal Research Institute,
and the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Publications Assistance
Program.
ISSN:
0832-8781
ISSN 1911-0235 (Online)
Editors
Co-editorship of the CJWL is currently shared by Associate Professor
Debra Parkes from the Faculty of Law at University of Manitoba (English
language), and by Professor Louise Langevin from the Faculty of Law,
Laval University (French language).
Editorial
Addresses
Debra Parkes
English Language Co-Editor
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law
Faculty of Law
University of Manitoba
Robson Hall, 224 Dysart Road
Winnipeg, MB
R3T 2N2
Canada
(204) 474-9776
cjwl@cc.umanitoba.ca
Louise
Langevin
French Language Co-Editor - Corédactrice francophone
Revue Femmes et droit
Faculté de droit
Université Laval
Québec, Qc
G1K 7P4
Louise.Langevin@fd.ulaval.ca
Indexing
Academic
Search Premier
Index to Canadian Legal Periodical Literature
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
Canadian Periodical Index
Canadian Reference Centre
Index to Legal Periodicals
Legal Collection
SCOPUS
Women Studies Abstract
The Canadian Feminist Periodical Index
Studies on Women Abstracts
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
