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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Easton, Susan M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obscenity (Law)--United States.

Obscenity (Law).

Pornography--Law and legislation--United States.

Pornography.

Freedom of speech--United States.

Freedom of speech.

Obscenity (Law)--Great Britain.

Pornography--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Freedom of speech--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can a commitment to free speech be reconciled with the regulation of pornography? Easton explores and evaluates the feminist and liberal arguments to establish that it can. A text invaluable to anyone interested in this, the thorniest of issues.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

1-134-87349-2

0-203-98120-0

1-280-14974-4

1-134-87350-6

9786610149742

9780203981207

OCLC:

559086135