| Face That Launched a Thousand Lawsuits: The American Women Who Forged a Right to Privacy Contributor(s): Lake, Jessica (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300214227 ISBN-13: 9780300214222 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $71.28 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Privacy - Law | Legal History - History | Social History |
| LCCN: 2016939462 |
| Series: Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (1.00 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A compelling account of how women shaped the common law right to privacy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Drawing on a wealth of original research, Jessica Lake documents how the advent of photography and cinema drove women--whose images were being taken and circulated without their consent--to court. There they championed the creation of new laws and laid the groundwork for America's commitment to privacy. Vivid and engagingly written, this powerful work will draw scholars and students from a range of fields, including law, women's history, the history of photography, and cinema and media studies. |