social expectations definition
social expectations test is unworkable as a means of assessing whether a search is reasonable and should be confined to its role in de- termining whether an act is a search. Extension of this test would result in unpredictable and overly subjective reformation of Fourth Amend- ment jurisprudence. The social expectations asserted in Randolph are especially weak because they remain unsupported by legal theory or sub- stantive studies. If such an analysis is allowed in courts, decisions will be guided by the subjective beliefs of judges regarding what constitutes proper societal norms.