Sex & the Supreme Court: Obscenity and Indecency Laws in Canada

by Richard Jochelson and Kirsten Kramar

Canadian laws pertaining to pornography and bawdy houses were first developed during the Victorian era, when "non-normative" sexualities were understood as a corruption of conservative morals and harmful to society as a whole. Tracing the socio-legal history of contemporary obscenity and indecency laws, Kramar and Jochelson contend that the law continues to function to protect society from harm. Today, rather than seeing harm to conservative values,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552664155
• ISBN13: 9781552664155
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"