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Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

Canada.  09 July 1999 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Relationship of International Law and Municipal Law — Treaties — Effect of treaty on interpretation of statute — Administrative law — Effect of treaty on exercise of discretionary powers — Immigration — Deportation of parent with Canadian-born dependent children — Status of ratified but unincorporated treaties in Canadian law — Convention on the Rights of the Child — Effect on municipal law — Whether Convention created legitimate expectation that best interests of Canadian child a primary consideration — Object and purpose of international and domestic legislation safeguarding rights and interests of children — Whether immigration officers having to take best interests of Canadian children as a primary consideration — The law of Canada

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Case Report
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© Cambridge University Press 2012

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