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United States. Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES The Report of The Commission on Obscenity and Pornography September.
United States. Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES The Report of The Commission on Obscenity and Pornography September.
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... commission whose purpose was " after a thorough study which shall include a study of the causal relationship of such materials to antisocial behavior , to rec- ommend advisable , appropriate , effective , and constitutional means to ...
... commission whose purpose was " after a thorough study which shall include a study of the causal relationship of such materials to antisocial behavior , to rec- ommend advisable , appropriate , effective , and constitutional means to ...
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United States. Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. the Commission's operation in July , 1968 ; at the same time the tenure of the Commission was extended to provide it the originally intended two years for its studies . The Commission ...
United States. Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. the Commission's operation in July , 1968 ; at the same time the tenure of the Commission was extended to provide it the originally intended two years for its studies . The Commission ...
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... Commission . Thirty - one of these persons accepted the Commission's invitation . In addition , the Commission heard statements from numerous private citizens who attended the hearings . A broad spectrum of views was presented to the ...
... Commission . Thirty - one of these persons accepted the Commission's invitation . In addition , the Commission heard statements from numerous private citizens who attended the hearings . A broad spectrum of views was presented to the ...
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... Commission has sought , through staff and contract research , to broaden the factual basis for future continued discussion . The Commission is aware that not all issues of concern have been completely researched nor all questions ...
... Commission has sought , through staff and contract research , to broaden the factual basis for future continued discussion . The Commission is aware that not all issues of concern have been completely researched nor all questions ...
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Page 442 - Hicklin. [L]ater decisions have rejected it and substituted this test: whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest.
Page 450 - But implicit in the history of the First ' Amendment is the rejection of obscenity as utterly without redeeming social importance.
Page 447 - It has been well observed that such utterances are no essential part of any exposition of ideas, and are of such slight social value as a step to truth that any benefit that may be derived from them is clearly outweighed by the social interest in order and morality.
Page 448 - Under this definition, as elaborated in subsequent cases, three elements must coalesce: it must be established that (a) the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex; (b) the material is patently offensive because it affronts contemporary community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters; and (c) the material is utterly without redeeming social value.
Page 630 - ... be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
Page 545 - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light...
Page 631 - ... bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairman or Vice Chairman.
Page 454 - ... the business of purveying textual or graphic matter openly advertised to appeal to the erotic interest of their customers.
Page 299 - I think the test of obscenity is this, whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity is to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall.
Page 314 - State may not constitutionally inhibit the distribution of literary material as obscene unless "(a) the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex; (b) the material is patently offensive because it affronts contemporary community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters; and (c) the material is utterly without redeeming social value...