Human rights and private law : privacy as autonomy / edited by Katja S. Ziegler.
Privacy today is much debated as an individual's right against real or feared intrusions by the state, as exemplified by proposed identity cards and surveillance measures in the United Kingdom. In contrast, invasions of privacy by private individuals or bodies tend to arouse less concern. This...
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Format: | Ebook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Hart Pub.,
2007.
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Series: | Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law ;
v. 5. |
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Online Access: | Hart Publishing Law ebooks |
Summary: | Privacy today is much debated as an individual's right against real or feared intrusions by the state, as exemplified by proposed identity cards and surveillance measures in the United Kingdom. In contrast, invasions of privacy by private individuals or bodies tend to arouse less concern. This book attempts to fill the gap by looking at the horizontal application of human rights after Douglas v Hello, Campbell v MGN and Caroline von Hannover v Germany. It provides a conceptual and theoretical framework and also considers specific particularly sensitive areas of law relating to privacy protecti. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 214 pages). |
Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1847317022 9781847317025 |