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National Obscenity Standard
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National Obscenity Standard
Analysis of Supreme Court's 1975 landmark ruling in Miller vs. California. History of obscenity definitions. Role of Congress & FCC. Problem of a national consensus & local community standards.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages) |
4 sources |
2001
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"Any discussion of a national obscenity standard must begin with the question: Does one exist? The 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Miller v. California, along with subsequent clarifying decisions, declared that from then on local communities would in effect establish their own rules and standards of what was and was not obscene. What's more, the court "specifically rejected the concept of a nationwide "contemporary community standard," and left to the individual states" to determine the scope of the community upon which questionable material might be judged (Linz, 1994, 82). Thus, at the time many thought this might abolish for good any thought of a national standard. Not surprisingly, however, considering the unpredictability of American public life, the high court's ruling has raised surprising ..."More papers on National Obscenity Standard:
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