Freedom of Information - The Law, the Practice and the Ideal

Informationen zum Autor Patrick Birkinshaw is an experienced and widely published public lawyer. He is also Director of the Institute of European Public Law at the University of Hull. Zusammenfassung Freedom of Information (FOI) laws have generated calls for constitutional reform. Pressures for national security and secrecy must be balanced alongside demands for FOI. This detailed discussion of FOI laws and personal data laws examines the historical development of secrecy! national security and government! and their modern context. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Persistent themes and novel problems; 2. National security; 3. Government and information; 4. The Freedom of Information Act 2000; 5. The exemptions; 6. Decision notices and appeals; 7. The environmental information regulations; 8. Privacy, access and data protection; 9. Claims and counter claims; 10. Secrecy and access in the European Union; 11. Openness, information and the courts; 12. Freedom of information: overseas experience; 13. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Birkinshaw, Patrick (University of Hull) Birkinshaw, Birkinshaw Patrick
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2010
• EAN: 9780521716086
• ISBN: 978-0-521-71608-6
• No. of pages: 578
• Series: Law in Context; Law in Context
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; England, Wales, LAW / Constitutional, Constitutional & administrative law, Freedom of information law