Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on sexually explicit communication or on fair trial.
Explicit Communication Paper
Critique the regulation of current obscenity laws. Use your text and outside research to support your paper, and address the following:
Describe the Miller Test. What are community standards? Are community standards an appropriate way to determine obscenity?
How do legislators use time, manner, and place restrictions, such as zoning, to regulate the expression of obscene or erotic material?
How does federal regulation attempt to control obscenity?
Fair Trial Paper
Analyze the legal balance between free press and the following methods by which the courts ensure a fair trial:
Traditional judicial remedies
Restrictive orders to control publicity
Closure of proceedings and sealed documents