Pornography and the Justices: The Supreme Court and the Intractable Obscenity Problem - Hardcover

Hixson, Richard F.

9780809320578: Pornography and the Justices: The Supreme Court and the Intractable Obscenity Problem

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809320576 ISBN 13: 9780809320578

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 1996

A study of the various ways the US Supreme Court - the individual justices as well as the collective body - has dealt over time with the intractable problem of obscenity. The author argues that with the correct protection of minors, obscenity should be left up to the individual.

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Review:

"In the end, Justice John Marshall Harlan was probably right when he concluded, in a letter to a friend just months before his death in 1971, that the obscenity problem [is] almost intractable, and that its ultimate solution must be found in a renaissance of societal values. But nothing ever comes to an end at the U.S. Supreme Court, least of all societal values that touch upon obscenity and pornography." Richard F. Hixson, from the Preface"

About the Author:

Richard F. Hixson is a professor of journalism and mass media at Rutgers University. His books include "Mass Media and the Constitution: An Encyclopedia of Supreme Court Decisions, Privacy in a Public Society: Human Rights in Conflict, "and "Mass Media: A Casebook. ""

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