Refining Privacy in Tort Law

• Main Author: O'Callaghan, Patrick (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Law.; Law > Philosophy.; Civil law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Mass media.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Civil Law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Media Law.; European Law.

This book is about privacy interests in English tort law. Despite the recent recognition of a misuse of private information tort, English law remains underdeveloped. The presence of gaps in the law can be explained, to some extent, by a failure on the part of courts and legal academics to reflect on...

Table of Contents:

• Refining Privacy
• Three Conjectures About Privacy
• A Privacy Curve
• Comparing Hard Cases
• Conclusions.