Pornography: A Legal Research GuideThoreson, RyanItem #: 1007514 ISBN: 9780837743547 Pages: 96 Published: Getzville; William S. Hein & Co., Inc.; Series: LEGAL RESEARCH GUIDES Pornography is a challenging site of legal and cultural regulation, not least of all because of its protean qualities. Justice Potter Stewart famously declined to define what kind of pornography the state could regulate, remarking only that “I know it when I see it.” Indeed, what people perceive as “pornographic” is deeply and inescapably inflected by moral, political, and sociocultural values, such that sexual content that is liberatory or deeply expressive to some may be considered inappropriate or harmful by others. This guide provides a basic introduction to the regulation and protection of pornography under U.S. law. It focuses in particular on the protections that U.S. law affords to pornography as a general matter; the delineation of harmful material, obscenity, and child sexual abuse material as permissible objects of regulation; and contemporary debates that are shaping this field of law, including the regulation of so-called “revenge” pornography, cyberspace, and drag performance.
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