Inalienable rights : more essential than ever : the fourth amendment in the twenty first century / Stephen J. Schulhofer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schulhofer, Stephen J.

Series:

Inalienable rights series.

Inalienable Rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privacy, Right of.

Constitutions--United States.

Constitutions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the states ratified the Bill of Rights in the eighteenth century, the Fourth Amendment seemed straightforward. It requires that government respect the right of citizens to be ""secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures."" Of course, ""papers and effects"" are now digital and thus more vulnerable to government spying. But the biggest threat may be our own weakening resolve to preserve our privacy.In this potent new volume in Oxford's Inalienable Rights series, legal expert Stephen J. Schulhofer argues that the Fourth Amendment remains,

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Editor's Note; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Our Fourth Amendment Tradition; CHAPTER THREE: Searches and Arrests; CHAPTER FOUR: Policing Public Spaces; CHAPTER FIVE: The Administrative State; CHAPTER SIX: Wiretapping, Eavesdropping, and the Information Age; CHAPTER SEVEN: The National Security Challenge; CHAPTER EIGHT: The Fourth Amendment Today: Misunderstood but Indispensable; Notes; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-975299-0

0-19-025976-0

1-280-77752-4

9786613687913

0-19-975322-9

OCLC:

795705247