Constitutional law meets the digital age as Professor Jeffrey Rosen explores how modern technology creates legal uncertainty around privacy and freedom. Courts struggle to apply centuries-old constitutional principles to face-recognition software, real-time tracking through Facebook and Google Maps, and pervasive video surveillance. Rosen examines how the Constitution's framers might have responded to full-body airport scans, cell phone monitoring, and cloud server privacy concerns. The Los Angeles Times calls him "the nation's most widely read and influential legal commentator" for his ability to transform technical legal concepts into human stories. Through 24 lectures, Rosen presents actual court cases and asks readers to decide how they would rule on liberty and privacy disputes. The book covers the post-9/11 internet era that constitutional designers never anticipated, where businesses, individuals, and law enforcement compete for different interests. Readers gain informed perspectives on whether innocent citizens should worry about modern surveillance capabilities.
Genres: political-science, non-fiction, technology, law, academic, american-history
Vibes: thought-provoking
Tropes: informed-consent
Period: 21st-Century, Post-9/11
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