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It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.

Felix Frankfurter

United States v. Rabinowitz

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Legal history

Author

Felix Frankfurter

Source

United States v. Rabinowitz

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Dissenting opinion Legal writing

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Frankfurter, Felix. Dissenting Opinion. United States v. Rabinowitz. United States Reports, vol. 339, 20 Feb. 1950, pp. 68-86. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/339/56/.

Political, social, and economic changes entail the recognition of new rights, and the common law, in its eternal youth, grows to meet the demands of society... Now the right to life has come to mean the right to enjoy life, — the right to be let alone; the right to liberty secures the exercise of extensive civil privileges; and the term "property" has grown to comprise every possession — intangible, as well as tangible.

Louis Brandeis

The Right to Privacy

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Common law Legal history

Author

Louis Brandeis

Source

The Right to Privacy Harvard Law Review

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Brandeis, Louis D and Samuel D. Warren. "The Right to Privacy." Harvard Law Review, 15 Dec. 1890.