CCT206H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Copyright Term Extension Act, Seditious Libel, Smith Act
23 Sep 2018
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Tatio(cid:374)e(cid:396)"s guild (cid:894)p(cid:396)i(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g p(cid:396)esses, monopoly group of printers given by crown, allows censorship) Social contract theory (contract between citizens and government, government safeguards rights) English licensing system replaced, in part, by seditious libel laws during the 18th century. Sedition: incitement of resistance to or revolt against the government. 1798 alien and sedition acts (4 different acts passed in u. s. Up until 18th (cid:272)e(cid:374)tu(cid:396)(cid:455), the do(cid:272)t(cid:396)i(cid:374)e of (cid:862)the g(cid:396)eate(cid:396) the t(cid:396)uth, the g(cid:396)eate(cid:396) the li(cid:271)el(cid:863) p(cid:396)e(cid:448)ailed. People v. croswell (1804) and the hamilton doctrine. Libel act of 1834 made truth a defense against libel in england. Section 2 of the canadian charter of rights and freedoms. Fundamental freedom clause: everyone has the following fundamental freedoms, freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication. Powers not delegated to the u. s. by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
