| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1957 - 834 pages
...formuated by the modern American cases are proper and may be expressed as follows: The test of obscenity is whether, to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the questioned material, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest. These standards make the concept... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1 - 1958 - 138 pages
...particularly susceptible persons" does not pertain ix' American law, and we have adopted the standard "whether to the average person, applying contemporary...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 pages
...established standards in accordance with which the definition must be applied in the following statement : whether to the average person, applying contemporary...material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest. (354 US 476 (1957), 489.) This formula expressly provides for the consideration of community standards.... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1959 - 62 pages
...what you mentioned here about the Roth case which says in effect the standard for judging obscenity is whether to the average person applying contemporary...the material, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interests. I think that is one of the problems we have because they may feel that people in New York... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1959 - 76 pages
...formulated by the modern American cases are proper and may be expressed is follows: The test of obscenity is whether, to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the questioned material, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest. These standards make the concept... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - 1959 - 142 pages
...by the modern American cases are proper and may be expressed as follows : The test of obscenity is whether, to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the questioned material, taken as a •whole, appeals to prurient interest. These standards make the concept... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Subcommittee on Postal Operations of the Post Office and Civil Service Committee - 1960 - 70 pages
...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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