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“You Keep Using That Word”: Why Privacy Doesn’T Mean What Lawyers Think, Joshua A.T. Fairfield Jan 2022

“You Keep Using That Word”: Why Privacy Doesn’T Mean What Lawyers Think, Joshua A.T. Fairfield

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This article explores how the need to define privacy has impeded our ability to protect it in law.

The meaning of “privacy” is notoriously hard to pin down. This article contends that the problem is not with the word “privacy,” but with the act of trying to pin it down. The problem lies with the act of definition itself and is particularly acute when the words in question have deep-seated and longstanding common-language meanings, such as liberty, freedom, dignity, and certainly privacy. If one wishes to determine what words like these actually mean to people, definition is the wrong tool …


Getting Beyond Religion As Science: "Unstifling" Worldview Formation In American Public Education, Barry P. Mcdonald Mar 2009

Getting Beyond Religion As Science: "Unstifling" Worldview Formation In American Public Education, Barry P. Mcdonald

Washington and Lee Law Review

Since ancient times, Western civilization has witnessed a great debate over a simple but profound question: From whence did we come? Two major worldviews have dominated that debate: a theistic worldview holding that we, and the world in which we live, are the purposeful product of a supernatural creator; and a materialistic worldview holding that we are the product of unintelligenta nd random naturaflo rces. This debate rose to the fore with Darwin's publication of his theory of evolution and the development of the modern scientific establishment. In America, it initially took its most conspicuous form in efforts by creationists …


Was There Sex Before Calvin Klein?, Linda R. Hirshman Jun 1996

Was There Sex Before Calvin Klein?, Linda R. Hirshman

Washington and Lee Law Review

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"Not Unmindful Of The Future": Some Reflections On Stability And Change*, Barry Sullivan Mar 1995

"Not Unmindful Of The Future": Some Reflections On Stability And Change*, Barry Sullivan

Washington and Lee Law Review

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A Kantian Approach To Trade And The Environment, Robert F. Housman Sep 1992

A Kantian Approach To Trade And The Environment, Robert F. Housman

Washington and Lee Law Review

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The Individual, Community And Society: Rights And Responsibilities From An Anthropological Perspective, Colin M. Turnbull Jan 1984

The Individual, Community And Society: Rights And Responsibilities From An Anthropological Perspective, Colin M. Turnbull

Washington and Lee Law Review

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