Censorship of Obscenity: The Developing Constitutional Standards.

Autor/inn/en	Lockhart, William B.; McClure, Robert C.
Titel	Censorship of Obscenity: The Developing Constitutional Standards.
Quelle	45 (1960) 1, S.5-121 (119 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Censorship; Community Attitudes; Court Litigation; Federal Courts; Films; Literature; Moral Issues; Moral Values; Supreme Court Litigation; Supreme Courts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politische Zensur; Rechtsstreit; Bundesgerichtshof; Film; Literatur; Moraltheorie; Moral value; Ethischer Wert
Abstract	To demonstrate that substantial protection has been given to published material dealing with sex, an analysis of the constitutional criteria governing recent Supreme Court decisions in the area of obscenity censorship is presented. It is found that the Supreme Court uses "hard core pornography" as the foundation of a "constant" concept of obscenity. A "variable" concept making the validity of censorship dependent upon the particular material's primary audience and the nature of its appeal to that audience is endoreed and explained. Also discussed are (1) the requirement that material be judged as a whole on the basis of its dominant theme, (2) the weight to be given "redeeming social importance," (3) the protection of "immoral" ideas, (4) the requirement of "scienter," (5) the meaning and application of "contemporary community standards," and (6) the need for independent judicial review of obscenity findings. (Author/DL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01