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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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obscene offensive to the senses, etc.; offensive to decency XVI. — F.
obscène or L.
obscēnus,
obscænus ill-omened, disgusting, indecent.
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obscenity XVII.
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WHEN OBSCENITY DISCRIMINATES
Magazine article from: Northwestern University Law Review; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...1380 II. THE LANGUAGE OF OBSCENITY..................... 1386 A. The Obscenity Doctrine...1417 IV. TRANSLATING OBSCENITY FOR DISCRIMINATORS...
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ANALYSIS: ASHCROFT'S OBSCENITY CRUSADE
News Wire article from: United Press International; 12/4/2003; 700+ words
; ...12-04-2003 Analysis: Ashcroft's obscenity crusade WASHINGTON, Dec 04, 2003...In the largest expansion of federal obscenity prosecutions in years, the Department...general and the rise of the Internet, the obscenity indictments have targeted purveyors of...
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What Will John Kerry Do About Enforcement of Obscenity Laws, If Elected? Asks Morality in Media
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 10/5/2004; 700+ words
; ...strong support for enforcement of federal obscenity laws. But when President Clinton nominated...administrations had been waging against obscenity. "The result was an explosion of hardcore...get both candidates to go public on the obscenity issue; and both did -- in support of...
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Obscenity and the World Wide Web
Magazine article from: Brigham Young University Law Review; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...referred to it as "the intractable obscenity problem."1 Since the Supreme Court began narrowing the scope of obscenity in 1957 and suggested that some portrayals...has been to identify a definition of obscenity that preserves the power of government...
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Analysis: Ashcroft's obscenity crusade.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 12/4/2003; 700+ words
; ...In the largest expansion of federal obscenity prosecutions in years, the Department...general and the rise of the Internet, the obscenity indictments have targeted purveyors of...Department to spend more money on attacking obscenity from nearly the very beginning. The...
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Paul J. McGeady, Esq., Nationally Recognized Expert on Obscenity and Indecency Laws, Passes Away
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 11/3/2006; 700+ words
; ...Counsel and Director of its National Obscenity Law Center from 1979 to 2006. Paul...of Morality in Media's National Obscenity Law Center from 1979 to 2006, and nationally recognized expert on obscenity and indecency law, died Tuesday...
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Black and white and banned all over: race, censorship and obscenity in postwar Memphis.(SECTION II ISSUES OF COLONIALISM AND RACE)
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...history in which local censorship and obscenity policies were structured by race. This...censorship and racialized conceptions of obscenity shaped Memphis policy. As World War...integration. As the Supreme Court made "obscenity" the criterion for suppression, Memphis...
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Cybercommunity versus geographical community standard for online pornography: a technological hierarchy in judging cyberspace obscenity.
Magazine article from: Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal; 9/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Miller v. California,(2) to determine obscenity.(3) The rationale behind these decisions was that obscenity standards drawn from one community differ...This paper not only explores significant obscenity cases involving the contemporary community...
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Resolution Supporting Obscenity Enforcement Introduced In House; Morality In Media Praises Measure, Expects Passage This Session
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 7/24/2002; 700+ words
; ...the sense of Congress that the federal obscenity laws be vigorously enforced throughout...vigorous enforcement of federal laws against obscenity. If passed, the resolution will show...United States in support of vigorous obscenity prosecution," said Robert W. Peters...
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Passage of House Concurrent Resolution 298 Will Help Dispel False Notions about Obscenity, Obscenity Law Enforcement, Says Morality in Media
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 10/9/2003; 640 words
; ...expresses the sense of Congress that Federal obscenity laws should be vigorously enforced throughout...concerned about the proliferation of obscenity, especially on the Internet, were heartened...hardcore pornography. The war against obscenity, however, has just begun, and obscenity...
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Obscenity
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
OBSCENITY The character or quality of being obscene...morals by its indecency or lewdness. Obscenity is a legal term that applies to anything...magazines, films, and recordings. Obscenity includes pornography, but may also include...
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Obscenity and Pornography
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
Obscenity and Pornography Virtually every society...distinguishes protected and unprotected speech. Obscenity and lewdness, libel , and fighting words...law has used the concept of “obscenity” to draw the line between...
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Obscenity and Pornography: Behavioral Aspects
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
OBSCENITY AND PORNOGRAPHY: BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS...example, the Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography (1970) concluded that...effects and meanings of pornography and obscenity is complicated by several factors that...
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Mapplethorpe Obscenity Trial: 1990
Book article from: Great American Trials
Mapplethorpe Obscenity Trial: 1990 Defendants: Dennis Barrie...close down the exhibit under Ohio's obscenity statute, which makes it illegal for...preemptive strike aimed at heading off an obscenity prosecution. The CAC filed an action...
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obscenity
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
obscenity in law, anything that tends to corrupt...place. In the United States, the word obscenity is a technical legal term. In the 1950s...It ruled that a national definition of obscenity was not necessary and, therefore, that...
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