Journal article
The transformation of obscenity law
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This article looks at the number of convictions for a group of offences categorised as obscenity-related in the official statistics. While the aggregate numbers show a dramatic rise, this article examines the trends in relation to the individual offences. The article shows that the law of obscenity has undergone a significant transformation. A central change has been the shift from the publisher as the target for criminal liability to the viewer of the content (for example, through the introd...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 454.3KB)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/13600834.2017.1393929
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Information and Communications Technology Law Journal website
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 4-29
- Publication date:
- 2017-10-26
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-07-24
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1469-8404
- ISSN:
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1360-0834
- Source identifiers:
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709061
Item Description
- Pubs id:
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pubs:709061
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uuid:e2ae70d8-12bc-4506-99b8-9538a243dcb4
- Local pid:
- pubs:709061
- Deposit date:
- 2017-07-24
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- Copyright holder:
- Informa UK Limited
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor and Francis Group. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Taylor and Francis at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13600834.2017.1393929
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