Host Tim Gore engages his guests in a conversation about the changing aspects privacy and technology in today's society and how these relate to themes in Fahreheit 451. Joining him are Dr David Lawton and Neil Richards and videoconference guests from the St. Louis County Library Headquaters.
David Lawton has published five books and many articles in English literary and cultural studies and in medieval studies. He is currently preparing editions of Chaucer's poetry and prose, and completing a book on voice and space in medieval literature. He is founding co-editor of a major journal, New Medieval Literatures, published by Oxford University Press, and he became executive director of the New Chaucer Society when it moved to Washington University in July 2002. Lawton has also published poetry and journalism.
Professor Richards writes in the areas of privacy law, First Amendment, and legal history. He teaches courses dealing with these areas as well as first-year constitutional law and property. Richards joined the law faculty of Washington University School of Law as an associate professor of law in July 2003.
He is the author of a number of articles, including "Reconciling Data Privacy and the First Amendment," (UCLA Law Review); " 'The Good War,' The Jehovah's Witnesses and the First Amendment" (Virginia Law Review), "Clio and the Court: A Reassessment of the Supreme Court's Uses of History" (Journal of Law and Politics), and "The Supreme Court Justice and 'Boring' Cases" (The Green Bag ).
