The Hicklin test is a legal test for obscenity established by the English case R. v Hicklin (1868). At issue was the statutory interpretation of the word "obscene" in the Obscene Publications Act 1857, which authorized the destruction of obscene books.[1] The court held that all material tending "to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences" was obscene, regardless of its artistic or literary merit.[2]
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The Hicklintest is a legal test for obscenity established by the English case R. v Hicklin (1868). At issue was the statutory interpretation of the word...
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Benjamin Hicklin JP (11 November 1816 – 16 March 1909), licensed carrier, farmer, solicitor and Borough Magistrate served as Mayor of Wolverhampton 1859/60...
articulated in a famous British case, Regina v. Hicklin, [1868] L. R. 3 Q. B. 360. The Hicklintest defined material as obscene if it tended "to deprave...
of an especially susceptible person, the court rejected applying the Hicklintest as a means of determining whether material is obscene, and the ruling...
as had been articulated in a famous British case, Regina v. Hicklin (1868). The Hicklintest defined material as obscene if it tended "to deprave or corrupt...
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determination of obscenity in the United States originally followed the Hicklintest, which applied to any material which had the tendency to "deprave and...
attorney at law in 1832. Hicklin, the son, is remembered through the Hicklintest, a legal definition of obscenity. In the 1832 novel The Pickwick Papers...
heavily flawed, for several reasons. Firstly, the so-called "Hicklintest" from R v Hicklin was both unduly narrow and unyielding; it did not, for example...
the companies having to recut their films rather than the boards. The Hicklintest was used as the standard for film censorship until 1959, when the Criminal...
imported films, citing their damage to a pro-British sentiment. The Hicklintest was used as the standard for film censorship until 1959, when the Criminal...
profile seizures under the Act relied on this interpretation. Known as the Hicklintest no cognisance was taken of the literary merit of a book or on the extent...
whose hands a publication of this sort may fall." This test became known as the Hicklintest and allowed portions of a suspect work to be judged independently...
established in the 1868 English case of Regina v. Hicklin. In this case, Lord Chief Justice Cockburn defined the "test of obscenity" as "whether the tendency of...
go forward on the basis of the Hicklintest, which stemmed back to a seminal English decision of 1868, Regina v. Hicklin. In his opinion, Hand recommended...
couples. India's obscenity laws have also been frequently compared to the Hicklintest. Despite demands to criminalize moral policing, there are no laws, due...
legal case Regina v. Hicklin on interpretation of the word "obscene" in the Obscene Publications Act 1857, applying the "Hicklintest": that any part of...
its first year. In the United States, as in the United Kingdom, the Hicklintest of obscenity applied,[citation needed] but New York case law had established...
made in Wolves history Benjamin Hicklin (1816–1909) – solicitor and Borough Magistrate; the Hicklintest is a legal test for obscenity established by the...
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