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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790775103321

Autore

Rengel Alexandra

Titolo

Privacy in the 21st century / / by Alexandra Rengel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden : , : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-19219-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Studies in intercultural human rights, , 1876-9861 ; ; 5

Disciplina

342.08/58

Soggetti

International law

Privacy, Right of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.