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Jurgen and the law

by Guy Holt

Level C1 · AdvancedClassics11 chapters
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CEFR level
C1
Length
11 chapters
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About this book

About this book

When a witty and provocative book becomes the target of legal censorship, its publishers face a dramatic battle to defend literature’s freedom and define the fragile boundary between art and obscenity. Dive into the courtroom drama that challenges justice and artistic liberty.

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Contents

11 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02A STATEMENT
03INDEX
041—The Question presented is one of law, which the Court should decide.
052—The test is the literary as distinct from the pornographic.
063—In applying this test, all reasonable doubt should be resolved in favor of the book.
074—In judging the book by the standards above indicated, it must be read as a whole,…
085—The book, read as a whole, sustains the test of the law.
096—The passages, to which reference has been made in the complaint originally filed in…
107—In conclusion.
11Footnotes

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