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Your journal would only be academic if a judge says it is academic. It doesn't matter that you call it academic; I doubt any judge would agree. So you would not

• pbhjpbhj 14y ago
  >It doesn't matter that you call it academic; I doubt any judge would agree. // It does rather hinge on the meaning of the term. As I understand it judges can be lead by caselaw, general definitions in other acts or if not so well defined the normal common usage meaning. The term "academic" seems unlikely to be well defined in legislation and the common usage is vague. Similarly I suspect "journal" has a pretty broad definition. Is the "Journal of Weird-Ass Shit" an academic journal (http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/~moore/jwas.html http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/~moore/jwas.html)? There might be a definition in the tax code somewhere? A judge is there to apply the law, not to rewrite it if it's not precise enough to gain a conviction. The judge is there to find how the law _as written_ determines the legality of an act. Do you not think vernacular English language usage in conflict and socio-political impact of uncensored speech is a legitimate area of research?