Privacy Without Principle: The Use and Abuse of Privacy in Australian Law and Public Policy

by Brett Mason

Part 1: A Theoretical Critique of the Concept of Privacy
2: The public/private divide: The decline of dualism and birth of a blurred blueprint
3: Defining privacy: "A touch of the prophet's vision and the poet's tongue"?
4: Searching for privacy's core
Part 2: Case Studies: Legislating the Parameters of Privacy:
5: Legislating to protect sexual privacy: The human rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994 (Cth)
6: Legislating for individual identification and fraud control: The Australian Card Bill 1986 (Cth)
7: Conclusion: Privacy without principle
8: Epilogue: Privacy in a post 9/11 world

350 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2006