Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v Canada (Minister of Justice) [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120, 2000 SCC 69 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on freedom of expression and equality rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It was held that the Customs Act, which gave broad powers to customs inspectors to exclude "obscene" materials, violated the right to freedom of expression under section 2 but was justifiable under section 1.
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| - Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium c. Canada (fr)
- Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v Canada (en)
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| - Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v Canada (Minister of Justice) [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120, 2000 SCC 69 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on freedom of expression and equality rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It was held that the Customs Act, which gave broad powers to customs inspectors to exclude "obscene" materials, violated the right to freedom of expression under section 2 but was justifiable under section 1. (en)
- Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium c. Canada est un arrêt de la Cour suprême du Canada concernant une librairie LGBT de Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique, nommée Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium. Cet arrêt daté du 15 décembre 2000 considère que le refus de l’Agence des services frontaliers du Canada (ASFC) de permettre l’importation, par la librairie, de publications qualifiées de « matériel obscène » est une atteinte à la liberté d'expression. (fr)
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| - McLachlin C.J. and L'Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier, Major, and Bastarache JJ. (en)
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| - [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120, 2000 SCC 69 (en)
- Parallel citations: , 193 D.L.R. 193; , [2001] 2 W.W.R. 1; , 150 C.C.C. 1; , 28 Admin. L.R. 1; , 28 Admin. L.R. 1; , 38 C.R. 209; , 79 C.R.R. 189; , 83 B.C.L.R. 1 (en)
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| - Judgment for the Minister of Justice at the British Columbia Court of Appeal (en)
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| - Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v Canada (Minister of Justice) [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120, 2000 SCC 69 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on freedom of expression and equality rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It was held that the Customs Act, which gave broad powers to customs inspectors to exclude "obscene" materials, violated the right to freedom of expression under section 2 but was justifiable under section 1. (en)
- Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium c. Canada est un arrêt de la Cour suprême du Canada concernant une librairie LGBT de Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique, nommée Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium. Cet arrêt daté du 15 décembre 2000 considère que le refus de l’Agence des services frontaliers du Canada (ASFC) de permettre l’importation, par la librairie, de publications qualifiées de « matériel obscène » est une atteinte à la liberté d'expression. (fr)
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B.C. Civil Liberties Association,
James Eaton Deva and Guy Allen Bruce Smythe v The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Minister of National Revenue and the Attorney General of British Columbia (en)
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