| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1957 - 834 strani
...are responsible for enforcing antiobscenity laws. The test which the Court approved is: "whether to the average person, applying contemporary community...the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interests." The American Law Institute's tentative draft, section 207.10, Model Penal Code, defines... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1 - 1958 - 138 strani
...susceptible persons" does not pertain ix' American law, and we have adopted the standard "whether to the average person, applying contemporary community...standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appears to prurient interest." The Court went on to say in the Roth case, '.'The Hicklin... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1959 - 110 strani
...apparently accepted a definition of obscenity which says that it should be considered as to whether to the average person, applying contemporary community...material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest. My question is, Do you feel that we should attempt to define obscenity and try to have the Congress... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1959 - 62 strani
...for judging obscenity, adequate to withstand the charge of unconstitutional infirmity, is whether, to the average person, applying contemporary community...material taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest. The court had doubts as to whether the average person would be able to apply the phrase, "appeals to... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1959 - 152 strani
...in most States to incorporate the principle stated by the Supreme Court (June 24, 1957) "whether to the average person, applying contemporary community...the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interests." To bring about such a wholesome change, and to insure opportunity for jury decisions to... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1959 - 76 strani
...are responsible for enforcing antiobscenity laws. The test which the Court approved is: "whether to the average person, applying contemporary community...the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interests." The American Law Institute's tentative draft, section 207.10, Model Penal Code, defines... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Postal Operations - 1960 - 68 strani
...lecherous, dissolute, sensual, debauched, impure, salacious, or pornographic. "Obscene" means that to the average person, applying contemporary community...material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest. "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, or other legal entity.... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Subcommittee on Postal Operations of the Post Office and Civil Service Committee - 1960 - 70 strani
...lecherous, dissolute, sensual, debauched, impure, salacious, or pornographic. "Obscene" means that to the average person, applying contemporary community...material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest. "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, or other legal entity.... | |
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