Presentation
Art and the Constitution
University of Iowa
Presidential Lecture Series, 25th (Iowa City, Iowa)
02/24/2008
Abstract
Many an argument has begun with the question "what is art?" So fraught can it be, in fact, that the greatest legal minds in American history have essentially taken a pass on it. "There is little legal framework to protect art or artistic expression," said Randall Bezanson, a UI professor of law and First Amendment expert. "There's no mention of it in the Constitution, and generally, the Supreme Court has not attempted to take up the question. As a result, it's up in the air as to whether many forms of art have any substantial constitutional protection." Bezanson will attempt to fill in the vacuum and lay out a method to extend Constitutional protections to artistic expression.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Art and the Constitution
- Creators
- Randall P Bezanson - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Presentation
- Event
- Presidential Lecture Series, 25th (Iowa City, Iowa)
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Comment
- Language
- English
- Date presented
- 02/24/2008
- Academic Unit
- Presidential Lecture Series; Law Faculty
- Record Identifier
- 9983557352502771
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