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CENSORED! The First Amendment, Sex, and Obscenity

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  • ABOUT Amy Adler

    Amy Adler is the Emily Kempin Professor of Law at New York University. Her recent publications include “Child Pornography”, “Age of Innocence”, and “Against Moral Rights.” Adler's research interests include art law, feminist theory, free speech, gender and sexuality, and law, culture, and humanities.

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  • ABOUT Martin Redish

    Martin Redish is the Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy at Northwestern University School of Law. He is also senior counsel to the law firm of Sidley Austin LLP. Redish is the author or co-author of more than 80 articles and fifteen books including The Logic of Persecution: Free Expression and the McCarthy Era. A dedicated teacher, Redish is the recipient of many teaching awards including the Robert Childress Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence.

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  • ABOUT Geoffrey Stone

    Geoffrey Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. A faculty member since 1973, Stone has served as both dean of the University of Chicago Law School and provost of the University of Chicago. One of the nation's leading scholars of the First Amendment, he has published several books and more than a hundred articles in the field of constitutional law. His publications have won numerous national awards.

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Recorded on November 13, 2010.

The notion that some forms of sexual imagery and expression are considered obscene and should be censored has long vexed American constitutional law. This panel examines the history of obscenity and the reasons for its regulation as well as contemporary issues ranging from child pornography to “sexting” and other expressions of sexuality in youth culture. Panelists include law professors Geoffrey Stone of the University of Chicago, Martin Redish of Northwestern University, and Amy Adler of New York University. Together they seek to stimulate debate and understand the role of sexual expression in American society.

This program is presented in partnership with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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