‘Fantasy v Reality: A Legal Review of Simulated Child Erotica in Manga and Electronic Games in Hong
Introduction Child pornography is a subject that evokes raw emotion. It is a serious form of sexual exploitation of children, who are unable to make informed and consented decisions. It leaves irreparable harm to those involved in its production and distorts their value towards love, sex and marriage. The worse still, it is often used to normalise pedophilic desires and lure children into believing that such sexual acts are commonplace. (Please click document image of top lef
“No Artist is Ever Morbid”: How Far are Artistic Creations Protected under Current Hong Kong Laws?
Introduction Oscar Wilde once famously defended the artistic value of his hedonistic and homoerotic literature against moral judgment: “[t]here is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.” [1] Believing that “no artist is ever morbid”, Wilde believed that art could “express everything”. This pinpoints the dilemma between art and morality. More than a century later, modern societies continue to find it difficult to dra
