Privacy and press freedom

"This important new title argues that the freedom of the press can be reconciled with the right of privacy. Following an account of the justifications for free speech and privacy and a careful analysis of the law, the distinguished author argues that the combined force of three recent developments provides adequate means for the exercise of judicial recognition of an individual's right to privacy: the expanding remedy for breach of confidence, the revived action for the infliction of emotional distress, and the growing influence of the international recognition of 'privacy', especially the jurisprudence of the European Convention on Human Rights." "The book discusses in detail the common law in both England and the United States relating to intrusion by the media and the publication of private facts, including the means by which to reconcile privacy and the public interests. It also considers the proposals of the Calcutt Committee, the National Heritage Committee, and those of the Lord Chancellor's Department, and looks at the remedies available to victims of unwanted publicity."--BOOK JACKET.