Sentence:  Present United States privacy law – despite being made up of a <WSD>patchwork</WSD> federal and state constitutional, statutory, and common law – is predominantly based on the ideals of individual control, autonomy, and liberty from governmental intrusion, despite the fact that its inspiration was an idea grounded on the importance of protecting human dignity and an “inviolate personality.” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.