A report on Obscenity
Any utterance or act that strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time.
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Miller v. California
3 linksMiller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court modifying its definition of obscenity from that of "utterly without socially redeeming value" to that which lacks "serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value".
I know it when I see it
3 linksColloquial expression by which a speaker attempts to categorize an observable fact or event, although the category is subjective or lacks clearly defined parameters.
Colloquial expression by which a speaker attempts to categorize an observable fact or event, although the category is subjective or lacks clearly defined parameters.
The phrase was used in 1964 by United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart to describe his threshold test for obscenity in Jacobellis v. Ohio.
Roth v. United States
3 linksRoth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957), along with its companion case Alberts v. California, was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which redefined the Constitutional test for determining what constitutes obscene material unprotected by the First Amendment.
Jacobellis v. Ohio
3 linksJacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 (1964), was a United States Supreme Court decision handed down in 1964 involving whether the state of Ohio could, consistent with the First Amendment, ban the showing of the Louis Malle film The Lovers (Les Amants), which the state had deemed obscene.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
3 linksLast novel by English author D. H. Lawrence, which was first published privately in 1928, in Italy, and in 1929, in France.
Last novel by English author D. H. Lawrence, which was first published privately in 1928, in Italy, and in 1929, in France.
The book was also banned for obscenity in the United States, Canada, Australia, India and Japan.
D. H. Lawrence
2 linksEnglish writer, novelist, poet and essayist.
English writer, novelist, poet and essayist.
Both novels were highly controversial and were banned on publication in the UK for obscenity, although Women in Love was banned only temporarily.
Freedom of speech
1 linksPrinciple that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction.
Principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction.
Freedom of speech and expression, therefore, may not be recognized as being absolute, and common limitations or boundaries to freedom of speech relate to libel, slander, obscenity, pornography, sedition, incitement, fighting words, hate speech, classified information, copyright violation, trade secrets, food labeling, non-disclosure agreements, the right to privacy, dignity, the right to be forgotten, public security, and perjury.
Potter Stewart
2 linksAmerican lawyer and judge who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1958 to 1981.
American lawyer and judge who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1958 to 1981.
In the obscenity case of Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964), Stewart wrote in his short concurrence that "hard-core pornography" was hard to define, but that "I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case is not that."
Miller test
1 linksThe Miller test, also called the three-prong obscenity test, is the United States Supreme Court's test for determining whether speech or expression can be labeled obscene, in which case it is not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and can be prohibited.
Lenny Bruce
1 linksAmerican stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist.
American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist.
His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon in 2003.