The Problem of Pornography: Regulation and the Right to Free Speech by Susan Easton
Controversial: argues against free market yet is pro-civil liberties
Based on legal point of view but draws on philosophical and social science methods of argument
The Problem of Pornography
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.
The Problem of Pornography Summary
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`It provides a forceful account of the feminist case for restriction...' - John Horton, Keele University
About Susan Easton
Susan Easton is a barrister and Lecturer in Law at Brunel University, London. She has written on Hegel and feminism and is the author of The Right to Silence, Disorder and Discipline and Humanist Marxism and Wittgensteinian Social Philosophy. She is Editor of the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The liberal defence of pornography; Chapter 2 The types of harm; Chapter 3 Proving harm; Chapter 4 Diversity and autonomy; Chapter 5 Feminism, truth and infallibility; Chapter 6 Free speech and majoritarianism; Chapter 7 The slippery slope; Chapter 8 Feminism and puritanism; Chapter 9 The protection of free speech; Chapter 10 Interpreting the First Amendment; Chapter 11 The civil rights Ordinances; Chapter 12 Freedom of speech and the regulation of pornography in English law; Chapter 13 The 'right' to consume pornography; Chapter 14 Incitement to sexual hatred; Chapter 15 Conclusion;
Additional information
NPB9780415091824
9780415091824
0415091829
The Problem of Pornography: Regulation and the Right to Free Speech by Susan Easton
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1994-07-21
216
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