POL 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Miller Test
21 Feb 2018
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Understanding of each of the three tests (including when each test was adopted) How (legal) definitions of obscenity have evolved/have been modified over time ( main changes in legal interpretations of obscenity) Right to free expression/speech (incl. limits on this right if any) Individual/personal level: teaching how to be (not only what to do ) Cultural arguments fo r and against the current mlda. Political arguments for and against the current drinking age in the context of. General meanings of por nography and obscenity, including difference between the two. Three (historical) tests to determine obscenity (hicklin, roth, and miller) Obscenity and the 1 st amendment (freedom of speech) The six standards of the miller test (inclu ding understanding and applications of each of the six standards) Consensus on banning child pornography: applying and not applying the miller test. Three views on obscenity (conservative, liberal, and feminist), including arguments advanced by each. Conserv ative view why in fa vor of censorship.
