The Perplexing Law of Privacy in the United States
| Dates: | January 24 - February 14, 2023 |
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| Meets: | Tu from 10:00 AM to 12 N |
| Location: | Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church |
| Cost: | $50.00 |
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Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2022-2023 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.
Course Takeaways
- Appreciate the many ways in which 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.
Scholarships
Apply for a needs-based scholarship to take this offering.
Meet the Instructor
| Fee: | $50.00 |
Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church
2152 Graf St Bozeman, MT 59718http://www.hopebozeman.com/#/welcome/directions-to-hope
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.| Date | Day | Time | Location |
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| 01/24/2023 | Tuesday | 10 AM to 12 N | Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church |
| 01/31/2023 | Tuesday | 10 AM to 12 N | Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church |
| 02/07/2023 | Tuesday | 10 AM to 12 N | Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church |
| 02/14/2023 | Tuesday | 10 AM to 12 N | Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church |