Personal Information: Privacy and the Law

by Raymond Wacks

The right of individuals to prevent unauthorized disclosures of information concerning their private activities is recognized at least to some extent in most common law and civil law countries. This right is being increasingly threatened by the general trend towards bringing more information into
the public domain. Raymond Wacks examines competing claims to "privacy" and "publicity" and reveals the extent to which the law affords protection to those who wish personal information to remain their personal property.

356 pages, Paperback

First published July 13, 1989

About the author

Raymond Wacks is Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Theory at the University of Hong Kong, where he was Head of the Department of Law from 1986 to 1993. He was previously Professor of Public Law and Head of the Department of Public Law at the University of Natal in Durban. He has lived in Italy since taking early retirement in 2002.