<P> `` The Right to Privacy '' ( 4 Harvard L.R. 193 ( Dec. 15 , 1890 ) ) is a law review article written by Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis , and published in the 1890 Harvard Law Review . It is `` one of the most influential essays in the history of American law '' and is widely regarded as the first publication in the United States to advocate a right to privacy , articulating that right primarily as a `` right to be let alone '' . </P>
<P> `` The Right to Privacy '' ( 4 Harvard L.R. 193 ( Dec. 15 , 1890 ) ) is a law review article written by Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis , and published in the 1890 Harvard Law Review . It is `` one of the most influential essays in the history of American law '' and is widely regarded as the first publication in the United States to advocate a right to privacy , articulating that right primarily as a `` right to be let alone '' . </P>
who popularized the definition of privacy as the right to be free from intrusion
who popularized the definition of privacy as the right to be free from intrusion
Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis
Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis