TY - BOOK AU - Nowlin,Christopher J. TI - Judging obscenity: a critical history of expert evidence SN - 9780773570900 AV - K543.O27 N69 2003eb U1 - 345.71/0274 22 PY - 2003/// CY - Montreal, Ithaca [N.Y.] PB - McGill-Queen's University Press KW - Trials (Obscenity) KW - Canada KW - Evidence, Expert KW - Pornography KW - United States KW - Law and legislation KW - Obscenity (Aesthetics) KW - Pornographie KW - Droit KW - États-Unis KW - Expertises KW - Obscénité KW - Procès (Obscénité) KW - LAW KW - Criminal Law KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Gerichtsverhandlung KW - gnd KW - Unzucht KW - Obszönität KW - Kanada KW - USA KW - swd KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274) and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=404427 ER -