R v Lucas
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r-v-lucas-303-11179291
title:
R v Lucas
text:
R v Lucas is the leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the criminal offence of defamatory libel. The Court held that the Criminal Code offence of defamatory libel infringed the constitutional protection of freedom of expression under Section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but the offence was a reasonable limit prescribed by law under Section 1 of the Charter.
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Supreme Court of Canada case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Lucas
date created:
date modified:
2021-08-27T04:36:31Z
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13
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