CRIM 335 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Publication Ban, Slaight Communications, Tobacco Advertising
7 Sep 2016
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Rationale: essential to democratic tradition = people need to have freedom to criticize those who exercise power, public issues need to be freely and openly debated. The best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market : vital to self-actualization, personal growth, individual autonomy. 2) has there been a violation: content-based restraints = laws that restrict type of expression tied to content. law that restrict other activities (eg no posters on poles), may have impact on expression. Scc held that party claiming the protection of charter, must be able to show that the activity in question promotes one of the three principles of.
