Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Information

Essays in Honour of Sir David Williams
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-19-826839-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 886 g

The volume deals with vital issues on freedom of expression and freedom of information and emphasizes the importance of the free exchange and dissemination of ideas and of open, and therefore more accountable, government. It notes the ways in which these freedoms have received recent legislative attention in the Human Rights Act 1998, the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Bill.

Articles on subjects such as freedom of speech, religion, and assembly; defamation of the state and of politicians; harassment, official secrecy, public interest disclosure, and the protection of privacy; focus on issues of political and legal importance to all who take an interest in how their country is governed.

These matters are addressed here by leading judges, practitioners, and scholars from the UK, the USA, Australia and New Zealand. They provide timely and authoritative analysis as well as comparisons between British protections of these freedoms and the safeguards offered by other Commonwealth states, the USA, the EU and under the European Convention on Human Rights.

This book will be of interest to academic and practising lawyers, government officials, and academics working in departments of politics and government.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beatson, Jack

Cripps, Yvonne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Sir David Williams QC, DL

- Part One Freedom of Expression

- 2: Leslie Zines: Freedom of Speech and Representative Government

- 3: Sir Patrick Elias and Jason Coppel: Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Religion: Some Thoughts on the `Glenn Hoddle' Case

- 4: Michael J. Beloff QC: Politicians and the Press

- 5: Christopher Forsyth: The Protection of Political Discourse: Pragmatism or Incoherence?

- 6: Ivan Hare: Is the Privileged Position of Political Speech Justified?

- 7: A. T. H. Smith: A Free Press and Fair Trial: Challenges and Change

- 8: David A. Schulz: Newsgathering as Protected Activity

- 9: Eric Barendt: Freedom of Assembly

- 10: Bob Hepple QC: Freedom of Expression and the Problem of Harassment

- 11: Lord Cooke of Thorndon KBE: Shoreham-by-Sea

- 12: Derrick Wyatt QC: Freedom of Expression in the EU Legal Order and in EU Relations with Third Countries

- Part Two Freedom of Information

- 14: Sir Stephen Sedley: Information as a Human Right

- 15: Stephanie Palmer: Freedom of Information: The New Proposals

- 16: Lord Scott of Foscote: Confidentiality

- 17: Yvonne Cripps: The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998

- 18: Clive Lewis: Linkage Between Access to Information and Judicial Review

- 19: David Feldman: Information and Privacy

- 20: Alfred C. Aman Jr.: Information, Privacy, and Technology: Citizens, Clients, or Consumers?

- 21: Sir Kenneth Keith: Freedom of Information and International Law

- 22: Malcolm Clarke: Freedom of Information in Commercial Disputes

- 23: Richard Thomas: Freedom of Information: The Implications for Business

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jack Beatson is Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Public Law at the University of Cambridge

Yvonne Cripps is a Barrister of the Inner Temple and Senior Fellow of the Centre for Public Law, University of Cambridge. She holds the Harry T. Ice Chair of Law at Indiana University