R. v. Butler, 1992

From: The Court and the Charter

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The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that while the obscenity provisions of the Criminal Code infringed the right to freedom of expression, they were justified as a reasonable limit under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Tom Bateman

Thomas Bateman is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at St. Thomas University in Fredericton.

Janet Hieber

Janet Hiebert is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston.

Rainer Knopff

Rainer Knopff is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary.

Peter Russell

Peter H. Russell is Professor of political science (Emeritus) at the University of Toronto.