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Article
Civilizing Pornography: The Case for an Exclusive Obscenity Nuisance Statute
University of Chicago Law Review
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-1977
Disciplines
- Civil Law,
- Criminal Law and
- Law
Abstract
Criminal penalties are increasingly perceived to be too severe for regulating obscenity. Professor Rendleman shares this perception and suggests that we replace criminal obscenity laws with an exclusive civil sanction utilizing injunctions. He proposes a comprehensive nuisance statute and discusses the various issues that arise in the equitable regulation of pornography.
Citation Information
Doug Rendleman, Civilizing Pornography: The Case For An Exclusive Obscenity Nuisance Statute, 44 U. Chi. L. Rev. 509 (1977).
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