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Graduate Record 2008-2009 
    
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Graduate Record 2008-2009 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

LAW5 638 - First Amendment and the Arts

This seminar focuses on the varied and complex interaction between constitutional protection for freedoms of expression and the creative and performing arts. Topics covered include the impact on the arts of obscenity laws, and of civil suits seeking damages for the consequences of creative activity; special problems in the display and performance of controversial works; constitutional issues raised by restrictions on government funding of the arts; and current policy issues such as regulating violence in entertainment and on television.

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: An advanced First Amendment course and/or Constitutional Law II: Freedom of Speech and Press recommended, but not required.

Credits: 3