194 Pages
    by Routledge

    194 Pages
    by Routledge

    In exploring a series of problems associated with privacy and the First Amendment, Bloustein defines individual and group privacy, distinguishing them from each other and related concepts. He also identifies the public interest in individual privacy as individual integrity or liberty, and that of group privacy as the integrity of social structure. The legal protection afforded each of these forms of privacy is illustrated at length, as is the clash between them and the constitutional guarantees of the First Amendment and the citizen's general right to know. In his final essay, Bloustein insists that the concept of group privacy is essential to a properly functioning social structure, and warns that it would be disastrous if this principle were neglected as part of an overreaction to the misuse of group confidences that characterized the Nixon era.

    Individual and Group Privacy; 1: Privacy as an Aspect of Human Dignity: An Answer to Dean Prosser; 2: Privacy, Tort Law, And The Constitution: Is Warren And Brandeis’ Tort Petty And Unconstitutional As Well?; 3: The First Amendment And Privacy: The Supreme Court Justice And The Philosopher; 4: Group Privacy: The Right To Huddle

    Biography

    Edward J. Bloustein, Nathaniel J. Pallone