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- Title
Life on Streets and Trails: Fourth Amendment Rights for the Homeless and the Homeward Bound.
- Authors
Jackson, Wesley C.
- Abstract
The article discusses the legal rights of homeless individuals and hikers under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and it mentions the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings in several cases including Katz v. United States which deals with search-and-seizure jurisprudence in America and an individual's expectation of privacy. Legal issues involving abandoned property, trespassing, and an open fields doctrine are examined in relation to outdoor recreation and hiking trails across the U.S.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HOMELESS persons; LEGAL status of homeless people; UNITED States. Constitution. 4th Amendment; TRAILS; HIKERS; KATZ v. United States; SEARCHES &; seizures (Law); OPEN fields doctrine (Searches &; seizures); TRESPASS -- Law &; legislation; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); LAW; STATUS (Law)
- Publication
Vanderbilt Law Review, 2013, Vol 66, Issue 3, p933
- ISSN
0042-2533
- Publication type
Article