Community standards
Alan Miller
Journal of Economic Theory, 2013, vol. 148, issue 6, 2696-2705
Abstract:
I introduce a model of community standards relevant to the judicial determination of obscenity. Standards are defined as subjective judgments restricted only by a simple reasonableness condition. Individual standards are aggregated to form the community standard. Several axioms reflect legal concerns. These require that the community standard (a) preserve unanimous agreements, (b) become more permissive when all individuals become more permissive, and not discriminate, ex ante, (c) between individuals and (d) between works. I show that any rule which satisfies these properties must be “similar” to unanimity rule. I also explore the relationship between the model and the doctrinal paradox of Kornhauser and Sager [12].
Keywords: Community standards; Axioms; Obscenity; Aggregation; Doctrinal paradox (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D70 D71 D72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2013.09.008
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