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Privacy And Celebrity: An Essay On The Nationalization Of Intimacy, Robert F. Nagel
Privacy And Celebrity: An Essay On The Nationalization Of Intimacy, Robert F. Nagel
University of Richmond Law Review
I start from the rather obvious proposition that in recent years the American public has placed a high value on the right of privacy. This general commitment to privacy was what kept Robert Bork, despite his qualifications, off the Supreme Court, and more recently it was what kept William Clinton, despite his behavior, in the White House. Bork's nomination was a threat to the constitutional right to use contraceptives and to choose abortion, while the impeachment charges against Clinton were a threat to the moral distinction between public political life and private sexual behavior. The power that the idea of …
Conceptual Foundations Of Privacy: Looking Backward Before Stepping Forward, Robert A. Reilly
Conceptual Foundations Of Privacy: Looking Backward Before Stepping Forward, Robert A. Reilly
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
In cyberspace, as in today's real world, there seems to be confusion in regard to what privacy is and what it is not. One scholar, Ruth Granson highlights recent efforts to fully comprehend privacy: "the concept of privacy is a central one in most discussions of modern Western life, yet only recently have there been serious efforts to analyze just what is meant by privacy." Over the years, the conception of the nature and extent of privacy has been severely bent out of shape. The definitions and concepts of privacy are as varied as those in the legal and academic …