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June 20, 2026International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridiqueOpen Access

Law and the Pornographic Imagination: on the Criminalisation of Sexual Image Dissemination

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AOAna OliveiraUniversity of Coimbra

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This article examines legal frameworks around disseminating sexual images, highlighting tensions in representation and regulation.

Key Points

The analysis aims to explore the legal constructions of truth in the context of sexual image dissemination and its implications for transgression and unity within legal order.
Analysis of Portuguese legislative proposals on criminalisation of sexual images.
Examination of doctrinal perspectives and case law regarding visual representation and legal reasoning.
Study of the interplay between legal frameworks and the concept of pornographic imagination.
Identifies assumptions behind the criminal classification of sexual images.
Reveals tensions in legal discourse regarding visual representation and regulation.
Argues that legal naming of the pornographic creates the very issues it seeks to control.

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Ana Oliveira (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a363274db0793dc1a539155 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-026-10528-4

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