The Cambridge Handbook of Surveillance Law

David Gray · Stephen E. Henderson

Oct 2017 · Cambridge University Press

About this ebook

Surveillance presents a conundrum: how to ensure safety, stability, and efficiency while respecting privacy and individual liberty. From police officers to corporations to intelligence agencies, surveillance law is tasked with striking this difficult and delicate balance. That challenge is compounded by ever-changing technologies and evolving social norms. Following the revelations of Edward Snowden and a host of private-sector controversies, there is intense interest among policymakers, business leaders, attorneys, academics, students, and the public regarding legal, technological, and policy issues relating to surveillance. This Handbook documents and organizes these conversations, bringing together some of the most thoughtful and impactful contributors to contemporary surveillance debates, policies, and practices. Its pages explore surveillance techniques and technologies; their value for law enforcement, national security, and private enterprise; their impacts on citizens and communities; and the many ways societies do - and should - regulate surveillance.

About the author

David Gray teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence, international criminal law, and jurisprudence at the University of Maryland's Francis King Carey School of Law. He was voted Professor of the Year in 2012. He has published dozens of articles in leading law reviews and is the author of The Fourth Amendment in an Age of Surveillance (Cambridge, 2017). Professor Gray is a sought-after speaker and frequently provides expert commentary for national media outlets on questions relating to criminal law and criminal procedure. Before his academic career, Professor Gray practiced white collar criminal law at a leading law firm in Washington, DC.

Stephen E. Henderson is the Judge Haskell A. Holloman Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma, where he has twice been voted Outstanding Professor and has received a campus-wide award for Outstanding Research Impact. He served as Reporter for the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Standards on Law Enforcement Access to Third Party Records, and his personal writing has been argued and utilized in resolving contemporary American search and seizure controversies. Henderson is the cofounder of two online resources: the Crimprof Multipedia and the Fourth Amendment Security. He obtained a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Davis (highest honors and College of Engineering Medal).