CANADIAN YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

This article is a detailed review of Sandra Lovelace's application to the United Nations Human Rights Committee which challenged provisions of the Canadian Indian Act as discriminatory against women. Under the Act, Indian women marrying non-Indian men lost their legal status as "Indian", a practice that was found to be discriminatory against women by the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC).

"The rapid globalization that marks our era has resulted in increasing demands for the legal resolution of disputes arising out of interstate activities. National courts throughout the world have been significantly affected by this development. This article describes the recent expansion of the work of the Supreme Court of Canada in relation to transnational legal issues, including issues of public and private international law, human rights, admiralty law, and issue of private law havinginternational ramifications.