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The Right of Access to Public Information

An International Comparative Legal Survey

  • Focusses on the highly topical issue of Transparency- and Freedom-to-Information legislation
  • Pursues a comparative approach
  • Includes an appendix in English with national legislation on the right of access to information in the respective countries

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. Essentials of the Right of Access to Public Information: An Introduction

    • Hermann-Josef Blanke, Ricardo Perlingeiro
    Pages 1-68
  3. Fundamental Issues on Access to Information

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
    2. Principles of the Right of Access to Official Information in Latin America

      • Ricardo Perlingeiro, Milena Liani, Ivonne DĂ­az
      Pages 71-130
  4. The Access to Public Information in the United States of America, Europe and Asia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
    2. Right of Access to Public Documents in France

      • Constance Chevallier-Govers
      Pages 265-310
    3. Access to Information: A National Report About India

      • Srikrishna Deva Rao, Ravindra Chingale
      Pages 419-448
    4. Japanese Information Disclosure Law

      • Narufumi Kadomatsu, Joel Rheuben
      Pages 449-483
  5. Some Aspects of National Laws on Access to Public Information in Latin America

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 523-523
    2. Access to Information and Its Disclosure

      • Cristiana Maria Pinto e Silva Fortini, Mariana MagalhĂ£es Avelar
      Pages 543-569

About this book

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.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty for Economics, Law and Social Science, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

    Hermann-Josef Blanke

  • School of Law, Fluminense Federal University, NiterĂ³i, Brazil

    Ricardo Perlingeiro

About the editors

Hermann-Josef Blanke, University of Erfurt, GermanyRicardo Perlingeiro, Fluminense Federal University NiterĂ³i, Brazil

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eBook USD 259.00
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Softcover Book USD 329.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 329.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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