Author: Chunn, Dorothy E.
Title: From Punishment to Doing Good. Family Courts and Socialized Justice in Ontario 1880 - 1940
Description: Toronto, University of Toronto Press, (1992). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, x,249 pp. Textual tables. Some rubbing,corner bump, some rear cover marks, VG. ¶ Contents: Social-Welfare Reform & the Birth of Socialized Justice; Social- Welfare Reformers & the Regulation of Marginal Families; Social Workers, Lawyers & Socialized Courts; Conscience, Convenience, & Family Courts; The Legal Challenge to Socialized Justice: Family Courts in Jeopardy; The Legitimation of Socialized Justice: The Supreme Court Reference and Family Courts; Rehabilitating Deviant Families in Ontario: From Police Courts to Family Courts; Family Courts as a Social-Welfare Reform: A Concluding Note;Appendix: Primary Data Sources; Legislation Administered by the Toronto Family Court; Criminal Code Sections Related to Family Welfare; The British North America Act: VII. Judicature; Notes; References.

Keywords: Domestic relations courts, Public Welfare, Canada, Reform, Socialized justice, Ontario, Family courts, Deviance, Marginal families