| Author |
Rengel, Alexandra.
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| Series |
Studies in Intercultural Human Rights |
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Studies in intercultural human rights.
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| Subject |
Privacy, Right of.
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International law.
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| Description |
1 online resource. |
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polychrome rdacc |
| Contents |
Privacy in the 21st Century; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Fundamental Rights; I. The Philosophical Origins of Human Rights Law; A. Natural Law; B. Positive Law; II. The Development of Human Rights Law from Natural and Positive Law Principles; Chapter 2: What Is Privacy?; I. Defining Privacy, Its Origins and Its Importance; II. The Concept of Privacy; III. The Right to Privacy: An Overview; Chapter 3: Threats to Privacy in Modern Times; I. New Technologies Affecting Privacy; A. Identity Cards; B. Biometrics. |
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C. Communications and Surveillance1. Video Surveillance and CCTV; 2. Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drones); 3. Internet Surveillance; 4. Workplace Surveillance; 5. International Surveillance; 6. Global Positioning System (GPS); 7. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID); D. Social Networks; Chapter 4: The General Right to Privacy as a Norm of International Law; I. Treaties as a Source of International Law; A. Treaties and the General Right to Privacy; II. Customary International Law as a Source of International Law; A. Customary International Law and the General Right to Privacy. |
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Chapter 5: Salient Issues: The Right to Privacy in Specific ContextsI. Search and Seizure; A. International Law and Jurisprudence; B. State Practice; II. Intimate Conduct; A. International Law and Jurisprudence; B. State Practice; III. Data Protection; A. International Law and Jurisprudence; B. State Practice; Chapter 6: Privacy in the Age of Terrorism; I. The Exchange of Privacy for Security; II. The Backlash: Civil Liberties Reconsidered and a Reclaiming of the Right to Privacy; Chapter 7: Appraisal and Recommendations; I. Balancing The Right To Privacy Against Other Societal Interests. |
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II. The Effect of Globalization on TechnologyIII. Technology, Knowledge, and Privacy by Design; IV. The Future of Privacy; Conclusion; Appendix: Privacy Protections in the Constitutions of Countries; Index. |
| Summary |
In Privacy in the 21st Century Alexandra Rengel offers an assessment of the International right to privacy within both a historical and modern context with a focus on the legal aspects of the right, its evolution and its future protection. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| ISBN |
9789004192195 (electronic bk.) |
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9004192190 (electronic bk.) |
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1306087341 (electronic bk.) |
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9781306087346 (electronic bk.) |
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9789004191129 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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9004191127 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
| OCLC # |
862371283 |
| Additional Format |
Print version: Rengel, Alexandra. Privacy in the 21st Century. Leiden : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2013 1306087341 |
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