Overview

The right of individuals to prevent the unauthorized disclosures of information concerning their private activities is one which is recognized, to a greater or lesser degree, in most common law and civil law countries. Increasingly this right is threatened by the general trend towards bringing more information into the public domain and by the activities of newspaper publishers and TV broadcasters who wish to see their ability to publish private information extended and protected. In this study, the author examines competing claims to privacy and publicity, revealing the extent to which the law affords protection to those who wish personal information to remain their personal property.

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Author:   Raymond Wacks
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.516kg
ISBN:  

9780198258674

ISBN 10:   0198258674
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   01 December 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Part 1 ""Privacy"" and ""personal"" information: the private and the public; defining ""privacy""; an alternative approach; ""personal"" information; the economics of ""personal information"". Part 2 ""Privacy, ""personal information"" and the law: the American law; the American common law and ""personal information""; the English law; ""personal information"" as ""property"". Part 3 ""Personal information"" and breach of confidence: the action for breach of confidence; cases involving ""personal information""; breach of confidence and ""personal information"". Part 4 Measuring the extent of the problem. Part 5 The public disclosure of ""personal information"": the conventional analysis; the alternative analysis. Part 6 The collection of ""personal information"": the problems; the remedies; data banks and ""personal information"". Part 7 ""Personal information"" and intrusion: spying and electronic surveillance; telephone-tapping; interception of correspondence; searches and other physical intrusions; gathering of information by the news media; exclusion of evidence improperly obtained."

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The book is a powerful achievement, in the best traditions of serious legal scholarship....Dr. Wacks is the pre-eminent authority in this area, a fact confirmed by this excellent treatise. --Irish Jurist<br>

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