Public Indecency in England 1857-1960

<p></p> <p>Covering a period of just over a century from 1857 (the date of the passing of the first Obscene Publications Act) to 1960 (the date of the famous trial of Penguin Books over their publication of <i>Lady Chatterley's Lover</i> following the introduction of a new Obscene Publications Act in the previous year) <i>Public Indecency in England </i>investigates the social and cultural obsession with various forms of indecency and how public perceptions of different types of indecent behaviour led to legal definitions of such behaviour in both common law and statute.</p>