The Politics of Obscenity Group Litigation in a Time of Legal Change (Contributions in Legal Studies) by JosephFiskeKobylka Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1991 by Praeger ISBN-13: 978-0-313-26882-3, ISBN: 0-313-26882-7
"This study is an empirical analysis of how the fluctuating legal environment in the courts surrounding obscenity litigation over a thirty year period is an appropriate vehicle with which to demonstrate the dynamics of widespread group involvement in the judicial process. Joseph F. Kobylka traces how the development of the obscenity law from the 1957 Roth v. United States decision, which established the proscription of obscenity through ..."
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"The authors analyze abortion and death penalty decisions by the Supreme Court and argue that they provide prime examples of abrupt legal change. After proposing that the strength of legal arguments has at least as much impact on Court decisions as do public opinion and justices' political beliefs, they focus on the way litigators propel certain issues onto the Court's agenda and seek to persuade the justices to affect legal change."
"Pro-choice advocates exploited their opponents' dissension and presented a
unified attack against the bill. Roe's lead attorney, Sarah Weddington, testified on
"behalf of 75 national organizations with 34 million members" (Weintraub 1981);
ACLU President Norman Dorsen made an appearance; and NARAL, which had
limited the agenda of its February 1981 meeting to the Human Life Amendment (
Brozan 1981), placed continuous pressure on key ..."