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Privacy and Property
Rethinking Rights, Dignity, and Liberty in an Age of Technology
Privacy and Property
Rethinking Rights, Dignity, and Liberty in an Age of Technology
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Description
Martin J. Adamian reimagines privacy-exposing how centuries of legal doctrine have tethered it to property-and calls for a more inclusive, dignity-based understanding fit for the digital age.
Drawing on thinkers such as Immanuel Kant, Hannah Arendt, and Jürgen Habermas, Adamian develops a more relational and dynamic account of privacy-one rooted in autonomy, dignity, and democratic participation. This framework helps unify disparate areas of privacy law, including tort, Substantive Due Process, and Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, by revealing the underlying assumptions that connect them. Through this lens, contemporary issues such as data privacy, reproductive rights, and surveillance are not understood as isolated legal challenges but as interconnected struggles over personal integrity and political freedom. Ultimately, the book calls for a new approach to privacy-one capable of responding to technological change while resisting the commodification of the private sphere.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Theoretical Foundations of Privacy: From Polis to Property
Chapter 2 Rethinking Privacy: Beyond Classical Liberalism
Chapter 3 Privacy as a Legal Concept: From Property to Personhood
Chapter 4 The Evolution of Privacy in American Jurisprudence: Life, Liberty & Property
Chapter 5 The Evolution of Privacy in American Jurisprudence: Fourth Amendment and People, not Places
Chapter 6 Privacy Across Borders: American and European Approaches
Chapter 7 The Future of Privacy Law
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Product details
| Published | 09 Jul 2026 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 216 |
| ISBN | 9781666981117 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Privacy and Property establishes the importance of the right to privacy, not as derivative of the right to property, but as a fundamental right. To do so, it impressively synthesizes works that span Greek philosophers to contemporary jurists and demonstrates privacy's evolving relevance in times of continuous technological advances. A must-read as a comprehensive guide to the right to privacy.
Elli Menounou, Associate Professor of Political Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

























