Anita L. Allen

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academic author ethicist human law professor legal scholar philosopher

Anita L. Allen is an American legal scholar and philosopher renowned for her pioneering work on privacy law, ethics, and civil rights.

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Anita L. Allen canonical	9

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Target entity: Anita L. Allen
Context triple: [University of Pennsylvania Law School, hasNotableFaculty, Anita L. Allen]

A. Aleta A. Trauger
Aleta A. Trauger is a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, known for notable rulings on civil rights and constitutional issues.
B. Judith A. McHale
Judith A. McHale is an American lawyer, former Discovery Communications executive, and former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
C. Janet M. Lang
Janet M. Lang is a scholar and co-author known for her collaborative work with James G. Blight on Cold War history and crisis decision-making.
D. Dolores H. Russ
Dolores H. Russ was an American philanthropist and co-namesake of the prestigious Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize in engineering.
E. Anita Nelson
Anita Nelson was an actress known for appearing in early American silent films, including the 1926 drama "Sparrows."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Anita L. Allen
Target entity description: Anita L. Allen is an American legal scholar and philosopher renowned for her pioneering work on privacy law, ethics, and civil rights.

A. Aleta A. Trauger
Aleta A. Trauger is a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, known for notable rulings on civil rights and constitutional issues.
B. Judith A. McHale
Judith A. McHale is an American lawyer, former Discovery Communications executive, and former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
C. Janet M. Lang
Janet M. Lang is a scholar and co-author known for her collaborative work with James G. Blight on Cold War history and crisis decision-making.
D. Dolores H. Russ
Dolores H. Russ was an American philanthropist and co-namesake of the prestigious Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize in engineering.
E. Anita Nelson
Anita Nelson was an actress known for appearing in early American silent films, including the 1926 drama "Sparrows."
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic ⓘ author ⓘ ethicist ⓘ human ⓘ law professor ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ philosopher ⓘ
academicDegree	Juris Doctor ⓘ PhD in philosophy ⓘ
appointedBy	Barack Obama ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	United States privacy jurisprudence ⓘ feminist legal theory ⓘ information ethics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard Law School ⓘ New College of Florida ⓘ University of Michigan ⓘ
employer	University of Pennsylvania ⓘ University of Pennsylvania Law School ⓘ
fieldOfWork	applied ethics ⓘ bioethics ⓘ civil rights ⓘ feminist philosophy ⓘ legal ethics ⓘ philosophy of law ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ privacy law ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
hasTaughtAt	Carnegie Mellon University ⓘ linked to: CMU Georgetown University Law Center ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Law Institute ⓘ American Philosophical Association ⓘ
notableFor	contributions to feminist perspectives on privacy ⓘ pioneering work on privacy law ⓘ public engagement on privacy and ethics in the digital age ⓘ scholarship on civil rights ⓘ scholarship on ethics ⓘ work on data protection and confidentiality ⓘ
notableWork	Privacy Law and Society ⓘ The New Ethics: A Guided Tour of the Twenty-First Century Moral Landscape ⓘ Uneasy Access: Privacy for Women in a Free Society ⓘ Unpopular Privacy: What Must We Hide? ⓘ Why Privacy Isn’t Everything: Feminist Reflections on Personal Accountability ⓘ
positionHeld	Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law ⓘ Professor of Philosophy ⓘ Vice Provost for Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ member of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Pennsylvania Law School → hasNotableFaculty → Anita L. Allen ⓘ

Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law → holder → Anita L. Allen ⓘ

Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law → heldBy → Anita L. Allen ⓘ

Uneasy Access: Privacy for Women in a Free Society → author → Anita L. Allen ⓘ

Why Privacy Isn’t Everything: Feminist Reflections on Personal Accountability → author → Anita L. Allen ⓘ

Why Privacy Isn’t Everything: Feminist Reflections on Personal Accountability → hasAuthor → Anita L. Allen ⓘ

Privacy Law and Society → author → Anita L. Allen ⓘ

Unpopular Privacy: What Must We Hide? → author → Anita L. Allen ⓘ

The New Ethics: A Guided Tour of the Twenty-First Century Moral Landscape → author → Anita L. Allen ⓘ

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