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Supreme Court of Canada - April 10, 2008

R. v. Butler, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 452 (1992)

... law -- Freedom of expression -- Obscenity -- Obscene materials -- Whether definition of ...... Criminal law -- Obscenity -- Obscene materials -- Whether definition of ...... the constitutional validity of the definition of obscenity in s. 163(8). Section 163(8) provides an ...

Supreme Court of Canada - April 10, 2008

Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice), [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120, 2000 SCC 69, 2000 SCC 69 (2000)

... to put on the importer the onus of disproving obscenity. An importer has a Charter right to receive ...... The standard of tolerance of this same Canadian community for obscenity cannot reasonably be interpreted as seeking to ...