The book explores the interplay between intellectual property law and various cultural elements, including international exhibitions, advertising practices, and the press throughout the 'long nineteenth century.' It delves into how these factors influenced each other, shaping societal norms and legal frameworks during a transformative period in history. Through this examination, the author highlights the evolving nature of creativity and ownership in a rapidly changing world.
Focusing on the socio-technological transformations during the world wars, this book examines the evolution of privacy and identity concepts. It highlights how key modern thinkers' ideas about rights, particularly privacy, were overlooked in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Through case studies on privacy, data protection, and the right to be forgotten, the author argues for a reevaluation of these rights in light of contemporary digital challenges, revealing surprising connections to modern discourse.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. Presenting a concise, yet wide-ranging and contemporary overview of the field, this Advanced Introduction to Privacy Law focuses on how we arrived at our privacy laws, and how the law can deal with new and emerging challenges from digital technologies, social networks and public health crises. This illuminating and interdisciplinary book demonstrates how the history of privacy law has been one of constant adaptation to emerging challenges, illustrating the primacy of the right to privacy amidst a changing social and cultural landscape. Key features This richly detailed book is an informative and thought-provoking resource for students, academics and practitioners of privacy and data protection law. Its interdisciplinary insights will also appeal to those working in legal history, media and cultural studies, economics and political science.
With the inclusion of original and archival material, this book is a unique
contribution to the history of the modern right to privacy. This book will
appeal to an audience of academic and postgraduate researchers, as well as to
the judiciary and legal practice.
