The Fourth Amendment in an age of surveillance / David Gray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gray, David C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Searches and seizures--United States.

Searches and seizures.

United States.

United States. Constitution--4th Amendment.

Electronic surveillance--United States.

Electronic surveillance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 305 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

The Fourth Amendment is facing a crisis. New and emerging surveillance technologies allow government agents to track us wherever we go, to monitor our activities online and offline, and to gather massive amounts of information relating to our financial transactions, communications, and social contacts. In addition, traditional police methods like stop-and-frisk have grown out of control, subjecting hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens to routine searches and seizures. In this work, David Gray uncovers the original meaning of the Fourth Amendment to reveal how its historical guarantees of collective security against threats of 'unreasonable searches and seizures' can provide concrete solutions to the current crisis. This important work should be read by anyone concerned with the ongoing viability of one of the most important constitutional rights in an age of increasing government surveillance.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the dangers of surveillance; 1. Our age of surveillance; 2. The Fourth Amendment in the twentieth century; 3. Some competing proposals; 4. Fourth Amendment remedies as rights; 5. Constitutional remedies; 6. The Fourth Amendment in an age of surveillance; Conclusion: our Fourth Amendment utopia.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 May 2017).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781316459607

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.