Advanced Introduction to Privacy Law (Elgar Advanced Introductions series) - Softcover

Richardson, Megan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1788970969 ISBN 13: 9781788970969

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2020

Synopsis

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 include:

• Incisive analysis of the meaning and value of privacy and the ways in which legal, social and economic institutions respond to our understanding of privacy in contemporary society
• A uniquely concise, contextual approach to privacy law, examining privacy as a constantly evolving social phenomenon and the legal implications of its mutability
• Historical and comparative insights into privacy and data protection laws across the common law world.

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.

About this title

About the Author

Megan Richardson, Honorary Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788970969
• ISBN 13: 9781788970969
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112