A brief discussion of the Fourth Amendment and topics relating to a person's right to privacy, challenging such issues as an employer's ability to monitor emails and phone conversations of their employees and the media's right to gather information.
Contains twenty-seven articles that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to privacy, addressing questions about counterterrorism measures and privacy rights, whether technological developments threaten privacy, medical privacy protections, and how privacy should be protected.
Explores the complicated legal issues related to Americans' right to privacy, discussing how those rights have changed since September 11, 2001 and profiling defining moments, debates, events, and court cases.
Summaries of actual case histories and court decisions in the areas of law enforcement, sexuality, reproduction, dying, the press, voyeurism, problems in the workplace, and freedom of information which have a direct bearing on personal privacy.
Examines all aspects of teen privacy rights, from the history of this topic to how it came to be an issue. Also discusses the importance of knowing and exercising your rights.
Introduces students to the controversy over whether or not Americans have a right to basic privacies and whether or not the government can infringe on people's privacy in the name of national security, examining both sides of the argument and providing information to support both viewpoints.
Describes the freedoms and protections offered by the Constitution with respect to cyberspace and digital media, and looks at the nature of the relationship between civil liberties and national security.
Provides information about the Bill of Rights, focusing on the Fourth Amendment which addresses searches and seizures and warrants, discussing why the Constitution and Bill of Rights are needed, how they were developed, and how the interpretation of the Constitution has changed since it was first ratified.