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The UK laws relating to obscenity and public outrage unduly hamper an artist's freedom of expression - Discuss.
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INSTITUTE OF ART AND LAW PREPARATORY CERTIFICATE IN ART LAW ASSIGNMENT 2 Submission date: 6th June 2003 Katharina v. Boehm Sophienstrasse 25 10178 Berlin Germany The UK laws relating to obscenity and public outrage unduly hamper an artist's freedom of expression. Discuss I. Introduction The right of freedom of expression is a fundamental right, which has not traditionallly been prescribed by law in the United Kingdom, but can be considered more of a moral right. However, the enactment of the Human Rights Act in 1998 incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law, Article 10 of which creates a right to freedom of expression. Article 10 (1) states "everyone has the rigth to freedom of expression. The right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers." However, this right is qualified and not absoulte as Section (2) of Article 10 imposes a number of restrictions...
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