The Right to Privacy (Harvard Law Review article, 1890)

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"The Right to Privacy" is a landmark 1890 Harvard Law Review article that articulated a foundational legal theory for a protected "right to be let alone," profoundly shaping modern privacy law in the United States.

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instanceOf Harvard Law Review article ⓘ
law review article ⓘ
legal scholarship ⓘ
academicDiscipline jurisprudence ⓘ
law ⓘ
legal theory ⓘ
addresses protection of personality and feelings ⓘ
unauthorized publication of private facts ⓘ
author Louis D. Brandeis ⓘ
Samuel D. Warren ⓘ
centralConcept right to be let alone ⓘ
citationStyle 4 Harv. L. Rev. 193 (1890) ⓘ
coAuthorRole Louis D. Brandeis as practicing lawyer and future Supreme Court Justice ⓘ
Samuel D. Warren as Boston attorney ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
critiques inadequacy of existing defamation and property law to protect privacy ⓘ
hasLegacy considered a classic of American legal scholarship ⓘ
frequently cited in judicial opinions on privacy ⓘ
hasReprint frequently reprinted in legal casebooks ⓘ
widely anthologized in privacy law collections ⓘ
historicalContext rise of mass-circulation newspapers in the late 19th century ⓘ
influenced American constitutional privacy jurisprudence ⓘ
development of privacy torts in American law ⓘ
legal recognition of informational privacy ⓘ
issue 5 ⓘ
jurisdictionDiscussed United States law ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalDomain common law ⓘ
legalTheory privacy as a distinct legal interest ⓘ
mainSubject civil liberties ⓘ
privacy law ⓘ
right to privacy ⓘ
tort law ⓘ
notableFor articulating the legal concept of a right to be let alone ⓘ
foundational influence on modern privacy law in the United States ⓘ
pageEnd 220 ⓘ
pageStart 193 ⓘ
proposes creation of a common-law right to privacy ⓘ
publicationDate 1890-12-15 ⓘ
publicationYear 1890 ⓘ
publishedIn Harvard Law Review ⓘ
title The Right to Privacy ⓘ
typeOfWork doctrinal legal article ⓘ
volume 4 ⓘ

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Louis D. Brandeis → coAuthorOf → The Right to Privacy (Harvard Law Review article, 1890) ⓘ
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In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action → relatedWork → The Right to Privacy ⓘ
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The Right to Privacy → mainSubject → right to privacy ⓘ
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The Right to Privacy (Harvard Law Review article, 1890) → title → The Right to Privacy ⓘ
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Samuel D. Warren → notableWork → The Right to Privacy ⓘ
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Samuel D. Warren → publication → The Right to Privacy ⓘ
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Ellen Alderman → coAuthorOf → The Right to Privacy ⓘ
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