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

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Harvard Law Review article law review article legal scholarship

"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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Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
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	Justice Louis D. Brandeis ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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 (Harvard Law Review article, 1890) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Right to Privacy
typeOfWork	doctrinal legal article ⓘ
volume	4 ⓘ

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Samuel D. Warren → notableWork → The Right to Privacy (Harvard Law Review article, 1890) ⓘ

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Samuel D. Warren → publication → The Right to Privacy (Harvard Law Review article, 1890) ⓘ

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