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==Overview of the various laws around family violence==
This chapter covers laws and legal mechanisms that are useful in addressing used to address family violence. Because family violence is not just only a ''family law '' topic, this the chapter approaches family violence in the context of discusses overlapping areas of law, including:
* the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' and its treatment of family violence,
* Child protection issues,
* Canada's criminal justice system, with information for victims of crime and those accused, and
* civil claims and the ''law of torts'' designed to make wrongdoers pay compensation to plaintiffs for the losses they have suffered.