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Escaping Circularity: The Fourth Amendment And Property Law, João Marinotti Jan 2022

Escaping Circularity: The Fourth Amendment And Property Law, João Marinotti

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The Supreme Court’s “reasonable expectation of privacy” test under the Fourth Amendment has often been criticized as circular, and hence subjective and unpredictable. The Court is presumed to base its decisions on society’s expectations of privacy, while society’s expectations of privacy are themselves presumed to be based on the Court’s judgements. As a solution to this problem, property law has been repeatedly propounded as an allegedly independent, autonomous area of law from which the Supreme Court can glean reasonable expectations of privacy without falling back into tautological reasoning.

Such an approach presupposes that property law is not itself circular. If …


Government Data Mining: The Need For A Legal Framework, Fred H. Cate Jan 2008

Government Data Mining: The Need For A Legal Framework, Fred H. Cate

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The article examines the government's growing appetite for collecting personal data. Often justified on the basis of protecting national security, government data mining programs sweep up data collected through hundreds of regulatory and administrative programs, and combine them with huge datasets obtained from industry. The result is an aggregation of personal data - the "digital footprints" of individual lives - never before seen. These data warehouses are then used to determine who can work and participate in Social Security programs, who can board airplanes and enter government buildings, and who is likely to pose a threat in the future, even …


The Middle Class Fourth Amendment, Craig M. Bradley Jan 2003

The Middle Class Fourth Amendment, Craig M. Bradley

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Are State Courts Enforcing The Fourth Amendment? A Preliminary Study, Craig M. Bradley Jan 1988

Are State Courts Enforcing The Fourth Amendment? A Preliminary Study, Craig M. Bradley

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Two Models Of The Fourth Amendment, Craig M. Bradley Jan 1985

Two Models Of The Fourth Amendment, Craig M. Bradley

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Constitutional Protection For Private Papers, Craig M. Bradley Jan 1981

Constitutional Protection For Private Papers, Craig M. Bradley

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Book Review. The History And Development Of The Fourth Amendment To The Constitution Of The United States By Nelson B. Lasson, Framl Horack Jr. Jan 1937

Book Review. The History And Development Of The Fourth Amendment To The Constitution Of The United States By Nelson B. Lasson, Framl Horack Jr.

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