Free SpeechJohn Boaz As the world faces the seemingly constant threat of terrorism, unprecedented corporate expansion, and the flourishing of new technologies, the nature and boundaries of free speech face new and mounting crises. This volume explores the challenges facing free speech post September 11, 2001, including the Patriot Act, commercial free speech, and consolidation of the media. |
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... obscenity remained , for the most part , objectively understood in a society that made clear moral distinctions pertaining to sexual conduct . However , in the wake of the sexual revolution in the 1960s these standards became less clear ...
... obscenity remained , for the most part , objectively understood in a society that made clear moral distinctions pertaining to sexual conduct . However , in the wake of the sexual revolution in the 1960s these standards became less clear ...
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... obscenity , set forth in Miller v . California ( 1973 ) . Even in 1973 , the Miller test was hard to fathom . As Martha Nussbaum notes in her recent book Hiding from Humanity : Disgust , Shame , and the Law , Chief Justice Burger con ...
... obscenity , set forth in Miller v . California ( 1973 ) . Even in 1973 , the Miller test was hard to fathom . As Martha Nussbaum notes in her recent book Hiding from Humanity : Disgust , Shame , and the Law , Chief Justice Burger con ...
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... obscenity jurisprudence . In Lawrence v . Texas , the case that invalidated American sodomy laws [ in ] June [ of ... obscenity " would have to fall as well . Absent Common Morality , Obscenity Legislation Is Useless In fact , laws ...
... obscenity jurisprudence . In Lawrence v . Texas , the case that invalidated American sodomy laws [ in ] June [ of ... obscenity " would have to fall as well . Absent Common Morality , Obscenity Legislation Is Useless In fact , laws ...
Contents
Foreword | 12 |
Hate Speech Should Be Limited by Laura Leets | 23 |
Pornography Should Be Censored by S Michael Craven | 31 |
Copyright | |
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