Class of
2012
Abstract
Legal scholars guided the creation and development of privacy torts, including what would become known as the disclosure tort, for about seventy-five years (1890-1965), a period in which most states came to recognize a common law or statutory right to privacy. Since then, scholarly attempts to curb or modify the tort have yielded little. This Article-beginning with the formalism-realism debate won by Brandeis, Pound, and Prosser and ending with modern experts--shows that notwithstanding enormous efforts by contemporary legal academics, would-be reformers of the disclosure tort have not budged it since Prosser's Restatement (Second). The Article presents both a lesson and a warning for modern scholars who seek to change privacy tort law.
Document Type
Article
Publication Information
49 California Western Law Review 231-268 (2013)
Repository Citation
Wilkerson, Jared A., "Battle for Disclosure Tort" (2013). W&M Law Student Publications. 16.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/studentpubs/16
