The Right of Access to Public Information - An International Comparative Legal Survey

This book presents a comparative study on access to public information in the context of the main legal orders worldwide(inter alia China,France,Germany,Japan,Russia,Sweden,United States).The international team of authors analyzes the Transparency- and Freedom-to-Information legislation with regard to the scope of the right to access, limitations of this right inherent in the respective national laws, the procedure, the relationship with domestic legislation on administrative procedure, as well as judicial protection. It particularly focuses on the Brazilian law establishing the right of access to information, which is interpreted as a benchmark for regulations in other Latin-American states.

List of contents

Part I Fundamental Issues on Access to information.- Part II The access to public information in the United States of America, Europe and Asia. Part III Some aspects of national laws on access to public information in Latin America. Appendicies.

About the author

Hermann-Josef Blanke, University of Erfurt, GermanyRicardo Perlingeiro, Fluminense Federal University Niterói, Brazil

Summary

This book presents a comparative study on access to public information in the context of the main legal orders worldwide(inter alia China,France,Germany,Japan,Russia,Sweden,United States).The international team of authors analyzes the Transparency- and Freedom-to-Information legislation with regard to the scope of the right to access, limitations of this right inherent in the respective national laws, the procedure, the relationship with domestic legislation on administrative procedure, as well as judicial protection. It particularly focuses on the Brazilian law establishing the right of access to information, which is interpreted as a benchmark for regulations in other Latin-American states.

Product details

• Assisted by: Hermann-Jose Blanke (Editor), Hermann-Josef Blanke (Editor), Perlingeiro (Editor), Perlingeiro (Editor), Ricardo Perlingeiro (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783662585580
• ISBN: 978-3-662-58558-0
• No. of pages: 856
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 49 mm
• Weight: 1324 g
• Illustrations: XXIV, 856 p. 1 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; B, Law, Private International Law, Law and Criminology, Comparative Politics, Conflict of Laws, comparative law, Mass Media, Computers, Entertainment & media law, IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property, Legal aspects of IT, Legal Aspects of Computing, Law and legislation