{"product_id":"pornography-on-trial-a-handbook-with-cases-laws-and-documents-9781576072752","title":"Pornography on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas C. Mackey\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Pornography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA survey of the changing and charged relationship between pornography and legislation in 20th century America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGroups battling pornography must demonstrate that the products they seek to ban are truly obscene and not legitimately protected by the First Amendment--a requirement that often leads to public debate and controversy. Author Thomas C. Mackey thoroughly examines the problems and issues in public policymaking, legal precedents, and the people behind them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a brief historical background, \u003ci\u003ePornography on Trial\u003c\/i\u003e surveys and analyzes the leading issues and case law on obscenity from l957 to the present. Half the book consists of documents--judicial opinions--from key cases. There are biographical sketches of key people, laws, and concepts from Judge Learned Hand and the \u003ci\u003eHicklin\u003c\/i\u003e test to Chief Justice Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn's judicial definition of obscenity from l868. The book also includes a chronology, a table of cases, and an annotated bibliography.","brand":"ABC-CLIO","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45085821141143,"sku":"9781576072752","price":4902.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781576072752.webp?v=1767638443","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/pornography-on-trial-a-handbook-with-cases-laws-and-documents-9781576072752","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}