...susceptible persons. Regina v. Hicklin, [1868] LR 3 QB 360.24 Some American courts adopted this standard 25 but later decisions have rejected it and substituted...the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest.26 The Hicklin test, judging obscenity by the effect of isolated passages upon the most susceptible...

...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...

...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...

...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....

...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...

...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...

...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...

...determination that certain matter is obscene necessarily entails a finding of fact. The test for obscenity is "whether to the average person, applying contemporary...material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest." Roth v. US (354 US 476). As in a criminal proceeding, there is first a determination that, as a matter...

...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....

...evidence at the trial, including the testimony of experts, pertaining, but not limited, to — (i) whether, to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the printed or written matter or material taken as a whole is to prurient interest ; (ii) the artistic,...