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- Affiliation: University of Winnipeg
Kirsten Kramar is a professor of sociology at the University of Winnipeg.
Books by Kirsten Kramar
Sex and the Supreme Court
Obscenity and Indecency Law in Canada
Richard Jochelson, Kirsten Kramar
Canadian laws pertaining to pornography and bawdy houses were first developed during the Victorian era, when ”non-normative” sexualities were understood as a corruption of conservative morals and harmful to society as a whole. Tracing the socio-legal history of contemporary obscenity and indecency laws, Kramar and Jochelson contend that the law continues to function to protect society from harm. Today, rather than seeing harm to conservative values, the court sees harm to liberal political… (more information)