Title

Getting Real About Privacy: Eccentric Expectations in the Post-9/11 World

Abstract

What if science developed technology that would eliminate violent crime on American streets entirely, without jeopardizing civil liberties or personal privacy? This article describes such a scenario, and uses it to take a critical look at some of legal commentary claiming that Americans are bound to lose their rights and privacy if they fail to object to modern tools of domestic security. It concludes that those who have criticize modern scientific applications to the security challenge are overlooking well-established legal doctrines, based on eccentric fears of technology and the nation's law enforcers.

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination | Internet Law | Science and Technology Law

Date of this Version

September 2005