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University of San Francisco Law Review

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2008

Autonomy theory

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A Right In Search Of A Coherent Rationale-Conceptualizing Persona In A Comparative Context: The United States Right Of Publicity And German Personality Rights, Ellen S. Bass Jan 2008

A Right In Search Of A Coherent Rationale-Conceptualizing Persona In A Comparative Context: The United States Right Of Publicity And German Personality Rights, Ellen S. Bass

University of San Francisco Law Review

This Comment examines United States publicity rights in light of the autonomy critique and its civil law parallel in German personality rights to argue that a publicity right based on autonomy theory is not only possible, but plausible.