What is the impact of social science literature on family law cases?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Warcop v. Warcop, 2009 CanLII 6423 (ON SC):

It would appear, in any event, that in family law matters, courts are more willing to take into account social science literature, without the need for formal proof: see Young v. Young, 1993 CanLII 34 (SCC), [1993] 4 S.C.R. 3.

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