The Walled Garden: Law and Privacy in Modern Society

by Joanna L. Grossman, Lawrence M. Friedman, Joanna L Grossman

Book Overview

Privacy, in human history, is a relatively recent concept. Nobody had much privacy in the Middle Ages. Even kings and queens lacked privacy: it was an age when crowds watched a queen give birth, and the king received visitors while on the chamber pot. Technology and concepts of privacy grew up together-as both friends and enemies. For example, the late 19th century invention of the candid camera made it possible, for the first time, to take someone's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538162318
• ISBN13: 9781538162316
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"