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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783006403321

Autore

Easton Susan M.

Titolo

The problem of pornography : regulation and the right to free speech / / Susan M. Easton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-134-87349-2

0-203-98120-0

1-280-14974-4

1-134-87350-6

9786610149742

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 264 p.)

Disciplina

344/.0547

342.4547

Soggetti

Obscenity (Law) - United States

Pornography - Law and legislation - United States

Freedom of speech - United States

Obscenity (Law) - Great Britain

Pornography - Law and legislation - Great Britain

Freedom of speech - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The liberal defence of pornography -- 2. The types of harm -- 3. Proving harm -- 4. Diversity and autonomy -- 5. Feminism, truth and infallibility -- 6. Free speech and majoritarianism -- 7. The slippery slope -- 8. Feminism and puritanism -- 9. The protection of free speech -- 10. Interpreting the First Amendment -- 11. The civil rights ordinances -- 12. Freedom of speech and the regulation of pornography in English law -- 13. The `right' to consume pornography -- 14. Incitement to sexual hatred -- 15. Conclusion.