The right to privacy : origins and influence of a nineteenth-century idea / Megan Richardson.
2017
K1440 .R53 2017 (Mapit)
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The right to privacy : origins and influence of a nineteenth-century idea / Megan Richardson.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Copyright
©2017.
Description
xii, 171 pages ; 24 cm.
Series
Cambridge intellectual property and information law.
Summary
Using original and archival material, The Right to Privacy traces the origins and influence of the right to privacy as a social, cultural and legal idea. Richardson argues that the right had emerged as an important legal concept across a number of jurisdictions by the end of the nineteenth century, providing a basis for its recognition as a universal human right in later centuries. This book is a unique contribution to the history of the modern right to privacy. It covers the transition from Georgian to Victorian England, developments in Second Empire France, insights in the lead-up to the Bü̈rgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB) of 1896 and the experience of a rapidly modernising America around the turn of the twentieth century. It will appeal to an audience of postgraduate researchers, as well as to the judiciary and legal practice.
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Using original and archival material, The Right to Privacy traces the origins and influence of the right to privacy as a social, cultural and legal idea. Richardson argues that the right had emerged as an important legal concept across a number of jurisdictions by the end of the nineteenth century, providing a basis for its recognition as a universal human right in later centuries. This book is a unique contribution to the history of the modern right to privacy. It covers the transition from Georgian to Victorian England, developments in Second Empire France, insights in the lead-up to the Bü̈rgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB) of 1896 and the experience of a rapidly modernising America around the turn of the twentieth century. It will appeal to an audience of postgraduate researchers, as well as to the judiciary and legal practice.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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K1440 .R53 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781108419697 hardcover
1108419690 hardcover
9781108411684 paperback
1108411681 paperback
1108419690 hardcover
9781108411684 paperback
1108411681 paperback
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