Bowman v Secular Society

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtHouse of Lords
Judgment Date1917
Year1917
Date1917

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    ...the latter category and as being non-charitable for this reason. Thus Lord Parker of Waddington said in Bowman v. Secular Society Ltd. [1917] A.C. 406, 442: “The abolition of religious tests, the disestablishment of the Church, the secularisation of education, the alteration of the law touc......
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    ...[para. 97]. Quebec (Procureur général) v. Lambert, [2002] R.J.Q. 599 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 124]. Bowman v. Secular Society Ltd., [1917] A.C. 406 (H.L.), refd to. [para. R. v. Registrar General; Ex parte Segerdal, [1970] 2 Q.B. 697 (Engl. C.A.), refd to. [para. 135]. Barralet v. Attorney G......
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    • Sage International Journal of Discrimination and the Law No. 4-4, December 2000
    • 1 December 2000
    ...L. Julienne, 'We can't all be white!' Racist Victimisation in the UK [York Publishing Services, 1999]. 39 See, Bowman v Secular Society [1917] A.C. 406; R v Registrar Gen-eral, ex parte Segerdal [1970] 2 QB 697; Re: South Place Ethical Soci-ety: Barralet v A-G [1980] 3 All ER 918. W. Sadurs......
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    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 74-6, December 2010
    • 1 December 2010
    ...Press:Oxford, 2008) para. 31.1.1.106 Stephen, A History of the Criminal Law of England, vol. 2 (1883) 475.107 Bowman v Secular Society [1917] AC 406 at 459 (Lord Sumner).The Journal of Criminal In more recent years, however, the emphasis has shifted from pro-tecting the stability of society......
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    • Trinity College Law Review No. III-2000, January 2000
    • 1 January 2000
    ...ratio was followed in all subsequent prosecutions. See Cox, Irish Blasphemy Law: Past, Present and Possible Future, op. cit., at 51. 24 [1917] AC 406. 25 On this debate generally see Byrne and McCutcheon, The Irish Legal System (3 d Ed., Butterworths, 1996), at 346-353. 26 [1939] IR 336. 27......
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    • Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law No. 6-1, January 2020
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    ...are subject to onerous reporting requirements. 30. Vancouver Society , supra note 13 at para 128. 31. Bowman v Secular Society Ltd , [1917] AC 406 (HL (Eng)) at 442. 159 (2020) 6 CJCCL a comprehensive treatment in the 1981 case of McGovern v Attorney-General , 32 where the English High Cour......
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