Privacy, Intimacy, and Isolation

'In her book, Inness pursues a very thorough exploration of the "chaotic" world of privacy, providing a clear definition of privacy and an explanation of its value that attempts to clarify and resolve existing conflicts. Julie Inness has written an impressive book. One of its greatest qualities if the extreme clarity with which all of the issues are canvassed, enabling the author to tackle a wide subject in a relatively small book. This work will be of great value to lawyers and philosophers alike, at a time when, in the face of alleged intrusion from the press and the state, the concept of privacy remains fiercely contested.'Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, King's College, London, Mind, Vol.102. No. 408, Oct '93