Landmark Cases in Privacy Law

Name: Landmark Cases in Privacy Law
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Landmark Cases in Privacy LawAuthor(s): Paul Wragg, Peter Coe\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Hart Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781509967346, 978-1509967346\nSynopsis\nThis new addition to Harts acclaimed Landmark Cases series is a diverse and engaging edited collection bringing together eminent commentators from the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, to analyse cases of enduring significance to privacy law.\n\nThe book tackles the conceptual nature of privacy in its various guises, from data protection, to misuse of private information, and intrusion into seclusion. It explores the practical issues arising from questions about the threshold of actionability, the function of remedies, and the nature of damages.\n\nThe cases selected are predominantly English but include cases from the United States (because of the formative influence of United States privacy jurisprudence on the development of privacy law.