The Perplexing Law of Privacy in the United States - Self-Paced Online
| Dates: | September 6, 2023 - June 30, 2024 |
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| Location: | Online Pre-Recorded, Self-Paced |
| Cost: | $50.00 |
There are still openings remaining at this time.
Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2023-2024 OLLI at MSU Membership
Description
Privacy undergirds many of the rights we take for granted in the U.S., ranging from rights against government surveillance to rights to interracial marriage and contraceptives. It also underlies controversial legal issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage and medical aid in dying. This course will explore what we mean when discussing "privacy" and why it matters (or doesn't). We will also examine the extent to which our privacy is legally protected nationally and in Montana and current threats to privacy.
This course was originally recorded in January and February 2023
Course Takeaways
- Appreciate the many ways we define and value privacy and the challenges of balancing a right of privacy against competing interests such as a free press, law enforcement and public morality.
- Understand your rights to spatial privacy, including security in your home from the police, the government and the press.
- Understand the controversial role of privacy rights in protecting personal autonomy and dignity.
- Understand the challenges of protecting informational privacy, including online.
Accessing the Recordings
This course is pre-recorded and self-paced.
The recordings will be available in your account after you complete the registration process. You will receive an email with access instructions.
Scholarships
Apply for a needs-based scholarship to take this offering.
Meet the Instructor
| Fee: | $50.00 |
Online Pre-Recorded, Self-Paced
This course will be pre-recorded and will be accessed through your OLLI account. You will receive instructions via email.Susan Dana
Susan Dana is an award-winning professor emerita at MSU. During her 25-year career in MSU's Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship, she taught various courses, including an Honors College seminar on First Amendment law. She taught a well-received OLLI course on free speech and the First Amendment in the fall of 2021. She has an A.B. in Classics from Brown University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.