Beschreibung:
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.
This detailed discussion of FOI laws and personal data laws examines the historical development and their modern context.
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.