Privacy and Freedom of Speech

At the same time American courts were recognizing a right to one's image -- a "right to privacy" -- that made embarrassing or ...

Libel law and "image consciousness"

In my book Laws of Image: Privacy and Publicity in America , and in my posts on the Legal History Blog this month, I've described how an...

Privacy and Public Image

By 1940, the tort action for invasion of privacy had been recognized in fifteen jurisdictions. The Restatement of Torts acknowledged it in ...

Image-consciousness and the Law

In my book Laws of Image: Privacy and Publicity in America , I chronicle the rise of what I describe as "laws of image" in the twe...

The Right to "Privacy"

Thanks again to the Legal History Blog for the opportunity to share ideas from my book Laws of Image: Privacy and Publicity in America . We ...

Laws of Image

I'm very happy to have the opportunity to share my work on the Legal History Blog this month. I was invited to blog because of the recen...

Welcome, Samantha Barbas!

Samantha Barbas ( credit ) We are delighted to have with us as a guest blogger this month Samantha Barbas , Associate Professor of Law at S...

The Politicization of Privacy

Like many of my students, I found myself confused the first time I read the Roe decision. I had always believed that the Court had recognize...

Unsolved Puzzles

I’m delighted to have the chance to share some thoughts this month on Legal History Blog. Thanks to Dan, Karen, and Tomiko for having me. Th...

Brady on Personal Property and the Fourth Amendment

Maureen E. Brady , a Ph.D. candidate in Law at the Yale Law School , has posted The Lost 'Effects' of the Fourth Amendment: Giving P...

Katz on Judicial Patriarchy, Domestic Violence, and the Family Privacy Narrative

Elizabeth Katz , a doctoral candidate in History at Harvard University , with an JD and MA in history from the University of Virginia, has...