Government and Information: The Law Relating to Access, Disclosure and their Regulation

The Law Relating to Access, Disclosure and their Regulation
4. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84766-708-3
Verlag: Bloomsbury

Buch, Englisch, 1078 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 1293 g

Government and Information: The Law relating to Access, Disclosure and their Regulation is a 'must-have' for everyone dealing with public authority information. The fourth edition of this well-respected work offers comprehensive and practical advice on the access, disclosure and retention of government records under UK, EU and ECHR requirements.

Completely updated to include: Detailed examination of the case law that has occurred post the last edition (Information Commissioner, Information Tribunal and courts) under the Freedom of Information Act, Environmental Information Regulations, Data Protection Act and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations); Coverage of secrecy, access to information and the war on terror; Analysis of the outcome of the Dacre Review; Revision of legislative, judicial and policy developments affecting the wide range of topics covered by the book under domestic, EU and ECHR decisions including Identity Cards Act, Care Standards Act, Health records, changes affecting Data Protection and jurisprudence.

Contents includes:

The Freedom of Information legislation
Central government
The European perspective
Local government as providers and keepers of information
Restrictions on the use of, and access to, information by public officials and representatives
Public access to information and access to meetings
Access to personal information and privacy
Information and open government - specific areas
Information, redress of grievance and judicial review
Litigation and information
The National Audit Office and the Comptroller and Auditor General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Birkinshaw, Patrick

Varney, Mike

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Verwaltungs-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 The freedom of information legislation;
Chapter 2 Central government;
Chapter 3 The European perspective;
Chapter 4 Local government as providers and keepers of information;
Chapter 5 Restrictions on the use of, and access to, information by public officials and representatives;
Chapter 6 Public access to information and access to meetings;
Chapter 7 Access to personal information and privacy;
Chapter 8 Information and open government - specific areas;
Chapter 9 Information, redress of grievance and judicial review;
Chapter 10 Litigation and information;
Chapter 11 The National Audit Office and the Comptroller and Auditor General;
Annex A Statutory materials;
Annex B List of statutory provisions concerning prohibitions on disclosure of information.

Über Autor(innen)

Birkinshaw, Patrick
Patrick Birkinshaw is Professor of Public Law, University of Hull. As well as Government and Information: the Law Relating to Access, Disclosure and their Regulation (4th ed co-authored with Mike Varney, Bloomsbury Professional 2011) he has published many books and articles including Freedom of Information: the Law, the Practice and the Ideal (4th edn Cambridge University Press 2010) and The European Union Legal Order after Lisbon (Kluwer Law International 2010 with M Varney) and European Public Law (Cambridge University Press, 2003). He has acted as a specialist adviser to the House of Commons Public Administration Committee on three separate inquiries and reports and has been a member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Irish Research Council and a research council of the Finnish Academy. He has undertaken numerous consultancies for UK and overseas governments on freedom of information and transparency. He is editor of the quarterly journal European Public Law.

Written by Professor Patrick Birkinshaw and Dr Mike Varney.