Biography: A graduate of Boston College Law School, Frederick S. Lane is a freelance journalist, lecturer, and expert witness. He has written four previous books on how legal issues affect society, including The Decency Wars. He lives with his family in Burlington, Vermont.

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American Privacy: The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right Author: Frederick S. Lane Binding Information: Cloth  Trade Code: 00C Price: $29.95 In stock. Recent years have seen an explosion in communications technology, and the more advanced such technology grows, the more curtailed our privacy becomes. It has never been easier for corporations and governments to collect vast amounts of information about each and every American, writes Frederick S. Lane. In this deft and eye-opening history, he illustrates how we arrived at this breaking point. Qty:

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American Privacy: The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right Author: Frederick S. Lane Binding Information: Paperback  Trade Code: 00P Price: $20.00  Backorder policy Not yet published. Will ship on: January 4, 2011 American Privacy traces the lineage of cultural norms and legal mandates that have swirled around the Fourth Amendment since its adoption. Legally, technologically, and historically grounded, this vivid and penetrating exploration that in the words of people's historian Howard Zinn, "challenges us to defend our most basic rights." Qty:

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The Court and the Cross: The Religious Right's Crusade to Reshape the Supreme Court Author: Frederick S. Lane Binding Information: Cloth  Trade Code: 00C Price: $24.95 In stock. The Court and the Cross is a revealing look at how much has already been lost, thanks to the concerted efforts of the Religious Right to change the Court, and a timely warning of how much more we could yet lose. Qty:

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The Court and the Cross: The Religious Right's Crusade to Reshape the Supreme Court Author: Frederick S. Lane Binding Information: Paperback  Trade Code: 00P Price: $19.00 In stock. Blending the effective use of grassroots campaigns, aggressive lobbying, and a well-tended career path for conservative law students and attorneys, the Religious Right has already succeeded in influencing major court decisions on a range of critical social issues. In The Court and the Cross, legal journalist Frederick Lane uses a mix of legal history and political analysis to expose, in layman's terms, this high court offensive. Qty:

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