Privacy, Property, and Free Speech: Law and the Constitution in the 21st Century

Although the courts have struggled to balance the interests of individuals, businesses, and law enforcement, the proliferation of intrusive new technologies puts many of our presumed freedoms in legal limbo. For instance, it's not hard to envision a day when websites such as Facebook or Google Maps introduce a feature that allows real-time tracking of anyone you want, based on face-recognition software and ubiquitous live video feeds. Does this scenario sound like an unconstitutional invasion of privacy? These 24 eye-opening lectures immerse you in the Constitution, the courts, and the post-9/11 Internet era that the designers of our legal system could scarcely have imagined. Professor Rosen explains the most pressing legal issues of the modern day and asks how the framers of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights would have reacted to aspects of the modern life such as full-body scans, cell phone surveillance, and privacy in cloud servers. Called "the nation's most widely read and influential legal commentator" by the Los Angeles Times, Professor Rosen is renowned for his ability to bring legal issues alive - to put real faces and human drama behind the technical issues that cloud many legal discussions. Here he asks how you would decide particular cases about liberty and privacy. You'll come away with a more informed opinion about whether modern life gives even the most innocent among us reason to worry.

All Lectures:
1. Freedom and Technological Change
2. Privacy and Virtual Surveillance
3. Privacy at Home
4. Privacy on the Street
5. The Privacy of Travelers
6. Privacy and National Security
7. Privacy in the Courtroom
8. Privacy in the Police Station
9. Privacy in Electronic Communications
10. Privacy in Cell Phones and Computers
11. The Internet and the End of Forgetting
12. Follow-Me Advertising Online
13. Privacy and the Body
14. The Right to Die
15. Privacy and Sexual Intimacy in Marriage
16. The Constitution and Private Property
17. The Supreme Court and Private Property
18. The Roberts Court and Economic Rights
19. Takings and Eminent Domain
20. The American Free Speech Tradition
21. From WikiLeaks to the Arab Spring
22. Google, Facebook, and the First Amendment
23. The Right to Be Forgotten
24. The Constitution in 2040