Privacy in the 21st century / by Alexandra Rengel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rengel, Alexandra.

Series:

Studies in intercultural human rights ; v. 5.

Studies in intercultural human rights, 1876-9861 ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law.

Privacy, Right of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Privacy in the 21st Century Alexandra Rengel offers an assessment of the international right to privacy within both a historical and modern context. The book explores the underpinnings of privacy in religion, philosophy, and the law. The author explores the evolution of the legal concept of the right to privacy and offers a comparative law analysis of the global protections of privacy offered by individual states, international agreements, and recognized international legal norms. The author peers into the future of privacy, the technologies which affect the right to privacy, and the ways in which privacy may be protected in the future within the domestic and international law contexts. The author offers her insightful views on possible solutions to counteract encroachments on the right to privacy.

Contents:

Introduction

Fundamental rights

What is privacy?

Threats to privacy in modern times

The general right to privacy as a norm in international law

Salient issues : the right to privacy in specific contexts

Privacy in the age of terrorism

Appraisal and recommendations

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-19219-0

OCLC:

862611053

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004192195 DOI