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Pornography As A Species Of Second-Order Sexual Behaviour. A Submission For Law Reform, R. A. Samek
Pornography As A Species Of Second-Order Sexual Behaviour. A Submission For Law Reform, R. A. Samek
Dalhousie Law Journal
The immediate subject-matter of law reform is law, and the immediate reason for reforming the law is dissatisfaction with the law as it is; but the ultimate subject-matter of law reform is the human behaviour contained in a social practice, and the ultimate reason for reforming the law is dissatisfaction with such behaviour. The immediate task of the law reformer is to bring about a change in the legal rules; but his ultimate task is to bring about a change in human behaviour. Hence, law reform ultimately presupposes a set of evaluative standards according to which human behaviour can be …
Reform Of The Law Of Evidence In Criminal Cases, J. A. Coutts
Reform Of The Law Of Evidence In Criminal Cases, J. A. Coutts
Dalhousie Law Journal
Events surrounding the recent proposals for the reform of the English law of evidence in criminal cases may be thought to afford a cautionary tale, indicating the wrong way to engage in public debate upon such matters. In 1964, the Home Secretary asked the Criminal Law Revision Committee to review the law of evidence in criminal cases. Before its Report1 was published (some eight years later), and, indeed, before the Home Secretary had himself received it, there occurred a flood of critical comment in the Press and on radio and television, and questions in Parliament, on what were thought (not …