Freedom of Information

by Patrick Birkinshaw and Patrick J. Birkinshaw

Book Overview

Enacted in 2000 and in operation in the UK since 2005, the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act has revealed information which has generated calls for constitutional reform. A massive 'information jurisprudence' has developed through the decisions of the Information Commissioner, the Information Tribunal and the courts. Governments' responses to the war on terror have involved increased resort to claims of national security and accompanying secrecy, but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052171608X
• ISBN13: 9780521716086
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 578 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 10.2"