The Fourth Amendment In An Age Of Surveillance

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The Fourth Amendment is facing a crisis. New and emerging surveillance technologies allow government agents to track us wherever we go, to monitor our activities online and offline, and to gather massive amounts of information relating to our financial transactions, communications, and social contacts. In addition, traditional police methods like stop-and-frisk have grown out of control, subjecting hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens to routine searches and seizures. In this work, David Gray uncovers the original meaning of the Fourth Amendment to reveal how its historical guarantees of collective security against threats of 'unreasonable searches and seizures' can provide concrete solutions to the current crisis. This important work should be read by anyone concerned with the ongoing viability of one of the most important constitutional rights in an age of increasing government surveillance. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 2 Title - complete......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 9 Table Of Cases......Page 11 Introduction......Page 14 1. Our Age of Surveillance......Page 36 2. The Fourth Amendment in the Twentieth Century......Page 81 3. Some Competing Proposals......Page 117 4. Fourth Amendment Remedies as Rights......Page 147 5. Constitutional Remedies......Page 203 6. The Fourth Amendment in an Age of Surveillance......Page 262 Conclusion......Page 308 Index......Page 314