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Author Nowlin, Christopher J. (Christopher Jon), 1964-

Title Judging obscenity : a critical history of expert evidence / Christopher Nowlin
Published Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 285 pages)
Contents The Constitutional Backdrop for Reviewing Expert Opinions about Pornography -- Progressivism and Legislative Facts in the Shaping of Public Policy -- Experts and Obscenity Law: American Rules and Innovations (1884-1990) -- Experts and Obscenity Law: Canadian Rules and Derivations (1942-2000) -- From Sadomasochism to Child Pornography: Experts Narrow Their Focus While Canadian Courts Broaden Their Horizons -- Indecency Law: Microscopic and Macroscopic Views of the Female Breast and Lap-Dancing in the Dark
Summary In Judging Obscenity Christopher Nowlin examines expert evidence in North American obscenity trials and reveals how little consensus there is among those who purport to know best about the nature of artistic representation, human sexuality, and the psychological and behavioral effects of reading, writing, or watching explicit sexual narratives and imagery
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274) and index
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Subject Trials (Obscenity) -- Canada
Evidence, Expert -- Canada
Pornography -- Canada
Trials (Obscenity) -- United States
Evidence, Expert -- United States
Pornography -- United States
Pornography -- Law and legislation -- Canada
Pornography -- Law and legislation -- United States
Evidence, Expert.
Obscenity (Aesthetics) -- Canada
Obscenity (Aesthetics) -- United States
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
Pornography -- Law and legislation
Obscenity (Aesthetics)
Evidence, Expert
Pornography
Trials (Obscenity)
Gerichtsverhandlung
Unzucht
Obszönität
Canada
United States
Kanada
USA
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003446810
ISBN 9780773570900
077357090X
1282861018
9781282861015