商品簡介
An examination of privacy and the evolution of communication, from broken sealing wax to high-tech wiretapping
American Privacy traces the lineage of cultural norms and legal mandates that have swirled around the Fourth Amendment since its adoption. Legally, technologically, and historically grounded, this vivid and penetrating exploration that in the words of people’s historian Howard Zinn, “challenges us to defend?our most basic rights.”
作者簡介
A graduate of Boston College Law School, Frederick S. Lane has written four previous books on how legal issues affect society, including The Court and the Cross (Beacon / 4425-4 / $19.00 pb).