Reflections on "Contemporary Community Standards": The Perpetuation of an Irrelevant Concept in the Law of Obscenity

Frederick Schauer;

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Reflections on "Contemporary Community Standards": The Perpetuation of an Irrelevant Concept in the Law of Obscenity

Frederick Schauer

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North Carolina Law Review

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1978

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Frederick Schauer

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Frederick Schauer, Reflections on "Contemporary Community Standards": The Perpetuation of an Irrelevant Concept in the Law of Obscenity, 56 North Carolina Law Review 1-28 (1978).

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