1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958448103321

Autore

Samar Vincent Joseph <1953->

Titolo

The right to privacy : gays, lesbians, and the Constitution / / Vincent J. Samar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 1991

ISBN

9786612938719

9781282938717

1282938711

9781439903780

1439903786

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

342.73/0858

347.302858

Soggetti

Privacy, Right of - United States

Homosexuality - Law and legislation - United States

Sex and law - United States

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 (p. [237]-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction: A Word About Politics and Original Intent; Part One: Theory; 1. The Objects of Legal Privacy; Analyzing Privacy; Historical Antecedents; Privacy in the Law Today; How Courts Justify Decisions; 2. The Concept of Legal Privacy; Problems with the Current Definitions; A Conceptual Methodology; The Definition of Legal Privacy; The Coverage-Protection Distinction; 3. A Justification for Legal Privacy; A Normative Methodology; What a Privacy Justification Is; Privacy and Autonomy; Part Two: Practice; 4. Legal Epistemology and Privacy; Dworkin's Interpretative Theory

Mohr's Privacy JustificationHixon's Utilitarian Approach to Privacy; 5. Applications; Criteria for Dispute Resolutions; The Openly Gay or Lesbian Teacher; Gay and Lesbian Parenting and Marriage; Surrogate Motherhood; Privacy and AIDS; Adult Consensual Sodomy Statutes; The Justification of Abortion; Computer Data Banks and Electronic Funds; Transfer Services; Pornography and Drugs in the Home; Employer Drug and Polygraph Testing; The Right to Die; Epilogue: Autonomy: The



Ultimate Question; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Where did the right to privacy come from and what does it mean? Grappling with the critical issues involving women and gays that relate to the recent Supreme Court appointment, Vincent J. Samar develops a definition of legal privacy, discusses the reasons why and the degree to which privacy should be protected, and shows the relationship between privacy and personal autonomy. He answers former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork's questions about scope, content, and legal justification for a general right to privacy and emphasizes issues involving gays and lesbians, Samar maintains that

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966948803321

Autore

Walsh Kevin <1963->

Titolo

The representation of the past : museums and heritage in the post-modern world / / Kevin Walsh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York, : Routledge, 1992

ISBN

1-134-89666-2

1-134-89667-0

1-280-32891-6

9786610328918

0-203-07572-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii,204 pages)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

069

069.01

069/.5

Soggetti

Museum techniques

Museums - Educational aspects

Popular culture

Mass society

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 (p. 184-191) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The idea of modernity -- Post-modern societies I -- Post-modern



societies II -- Conserving a past -- Simulating the past -- Heritage reconsidered -- A sense of place -- The museum as a facilitator -- Conclusion: the remoteness of the past.

Sommario/riassunto

The 1980's and early 1990's have seen a marked increase in public interest in our historic environment. The museum and heritage industry has expanded as the past is exploited for commercial profit. In The Representation of the Past, Kevin Walsh examines this international trend and questions the packaging of history which serves only to distance people from their own heritage. A superficial, unquestioning portrayal of the past, he feels, separates us from an understanding of our cultural and political present. Here, Walsh suggests a number of ways in which the museum can fulfill its pot