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Art on trial: exploring the Supreme Court's rulings on free expression

Table of Contents

Introduction   1
PART 1. ART AND THE AESTHETIC
Story 1. Performance Art   7
National Endowment for the Arts . Finley
Story 2. The Artistic Turn?   50
Barnes v. Glen Theatre Inc.
PART 2. "WHAT MATTER WHO'S SPEAKING?"
Story 3. Sources of Expression   83
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
Story 4. Speaking Out of Thin Air   109
Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston
PART 3. TRANSFORMATION
Story 5. Politics and Community   155
Jenkins v. Georgia
Story 6. Genre: Rap and Rock   184
Campbell [2 Live Crew] v. Acuff-Rose
Story 7. Dangerous Art   214
Virginia v. Black  
PART 4. GOOD ART
Story 8. Art and Craft   261
J. S. G. Boggs v. Bowron
Judging Art and Its Quality: Reflections on Art and Free Speech   277

Notes   297
Index   309

About the Author

Randall P. Bezanson was the David H. Vernon Professor of Law at the University of Iowa. He is the author of How Free Can Religion Be?;How Free Can the Press Be?; and many other books.

Reviews

"Enormously stimulating and useful, this work reaches beyond legal theory to explore the role of art as a human product, its production, consumption, and meaning. Art and Freedom of Speech represents a brilliant mind at work--in a lovely, intellectually playful tone--on a very important human and political issue." Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: ... And Get a Life, Before It's Too Late