This Article contends that courts should interpret the Fourth Amendment by looking to “general law”—common-law rules under the control of no particular sovereign. This approach finds strong support in the Fourth Amendment’s text, doctrine, and historical background, and would protect the Amendment’s underlying values better than competing theories.

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第四修正案和一般法

本文认为，法院应通过参考“一般法”——不受特定主权者控制的普通法规则来解释第四修正案。这种方法在第四修正案的文本、学说和历史背景中找到了强有力的支持，并且比竞争理论更好地保护修正案的基本价值观。