03785nam 2200685Ia 450 991078505880332120200520144314.01-282-93871-197866129387191-4399-0378-6(CKB)2670000000029930(EBL)534273(OCoLC)649905677(SSID)ssj0000427285(PQKBManifestationID)11307547(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000427285(PQKBWorkID)10406068(PQKB)10420415(SSID)ssj0000490276(PQKBManifestationID)12203267(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000490276(PQKBWorkID)10462562(PQKB)20611817(MdBmJHUP)muse15685(Au-PeEL)EBL534273(CaPaEBR)ebr10388600(MiAaPQ)EBC534273(EXLCZ)99267000000002993019901224d1991 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe right to privacy[electronic resource] gays, lesbians, and the Constitution /Vincent J. SamarPhiladelphia Temple University Press19911 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87722-952-X 0-87722-796-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-248) and index.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 TheoryMohr'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; IndexWhere 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 Privacy, Right ofUnited StatesHomosexualityLaw and legislationUnited StatesSex and lawUnited StatesPrivacy, Right ofHomosexualityLaw and legislationSex and law342.73/0858347.302858Samar Vincent Joseph1953-1478510MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785058803321The right to privacy3694181UNINA