Art and the Law: Public Order

Notes

Part of a series of law packs intended to address questions about legal limits related to free expression and the arts.

Forward by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti.

Editor Index on Censorship and Vivarta
Reference A0670
Date 2016
Type Publication

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