Judging obscenity : a critical history of expert evidence /
This work examines evidence in North American obscenity trials revealing how little consensus there is among those who purport to know best about the nature of artistic representation, human sexuality and the psychological and behavioural effects of digesting explicit sexual narratives and imagery
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Montreal ; Ithaca :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2003
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Table of Contents:
- 1 The Constitutional Backdrop for Reviewing Expert Opinions about Pornography 3
- 2 Progressivism and Legislative Facts in the Shaping of Public Policy 25
- 3 Experts and Obscenity Law: American Rules and Innovations (1884-1990) 47
- 4 Experts and Obscenity Law: Canadian Rules and Derivations (1942-2000) 85
- 5 From Sadomasochism to Child Pornography: Experts Narrow Their Focus While Canadian Courts Broaden Their Horizons 133
- 6 Indecency Law: Microscopic and Macroscopic Views of the Female Breast and Lap-Dancing in the Dark 210
- 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