Judging obscenity : a critical history of expert evidence / Christopher Nowlin.
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TextPublication details: Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 285 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780773570900
- 077357090X
- 1282861018
- 9781282861015
- 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
- Pornographie -- Droit -- Canada
- Pornographie -- Droit -- États-Unis
- Expertises
- Obscénité -- Canada
- Obscénité -- États-Unis
- Procès (Obscénité) -- Canada
- Expertises -- Canada
- Pornographie -- Canada
- Procès (Obscénité) -- États-Unis
- Expertises -- États-Unis
- Pornographie -- États-Unis
- LAW -- Criminal Law -- General
- Evidence, Expert
- Pornography
- Trials (Obscenity)
- Canada
- United States
- Gerichtsverhandlung
- Unzucht
- Obszönität
- Kanada
- USA
- 345.71/0274 22
- K543.O27 N69 2003eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274) and index.
Print version record.
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.
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.
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