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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Freedom of Artistic Expression: Essays on Culture and Legal Censure by Paul Kearns
This book presents a unique and comprehensive examination of the human and moral rights of artists. In what is arguably the first exhaustive book-length account of artists rights Paul Kearns explores the problems associated with censorship both from philosophical and legal perspectives and focuses onthe various ways in which the morality of art is legally regulated in different jurisdictions. In relation to human rightsEnglish French and American law the law of theEuropean Convention on Human Rights European Union law and public international law are all closely scrutinised to discover the extent to which they offer protection for artistic freedom. The author also examines domestic and international law in respect of artists moral rights the law of copyright and related laws. In shortthe book providesan original and sometimes controversialanalysis of persistent concerns regardingthe legal regulation ofthe arts universally doctrinally and theoreticallyandseeks to offer an holistic treatment which will appealto art lawyers artistsand those interested in the future of the arts.