The Right To Privacy by Vincent Samar

The Right To Privacy

Gays, Lesbians, and the Constitution

Vincent Samar

Where did the right to privacy come from and what does it mean? Grappling with the critical issues involving women and gays that relate to the recent Supreme Court appointment, Vincent J. Samar develops a definition of legal privacy, discusses the reasons why and the degree to which privacy should be protected, and shows the relationship between privacy and personal autonomy. He answers former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork’s questions about scope, content, and legal justification for a general right to privacy and emphasizes issues involving gays and lesbians, Samar maintains that these privacy issues share a common constitutional-ethical underpinning with issues such as abortion, surrogate motherhood, drug testing, and the right to die. Vincent J. Samar is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University of Chicago and a law professor at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago/Kent College of Law. A practicing attorney, he is an activist in Chicago’s gay and lesbian communities.

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ISBN 9780877229520
Genre Law & Government
Copyright Date 1991
Publication Date 27-Feb-92
Publisher Temple University Press
Format Trade Paperback
No. of Pages 260
Language English
Rating NotRated
BookID 10736

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