Freedom of information law

This thought-provoking book provides a systematic, philosophically-grounded reconceptualisation of press freedom and press regulation.

This thought-provoking book provides a systematic, philosophically-grounded reconceptualisation of press freedom and press regulation.

Bentham on Liberty focuses on the crucial formative years, when the English social philosopher Jeremy Bentham was in his twenties and thirties between 1770 and 1790, and draws on the unpublished manuscripts held at University College, London, to throw a new light on his early intellectual development.

This book examines modern trends in intelligence oversight development and how these mechanisms bolster an internal security system, increasing the secrecy of the intelligence enterprise.

This book examines modern trends in intelligence oversight development and how these mechanisms bolster an internal security system, increasing the secrecy of the intelligence enterprise.

Maps the UN legal instruments relevant for the protection and promotion of the rights to freedom of expression and information.

Maps the UN legal instruments relevant for the protection and promotion of the rights to freedom of expression and information.

The Freedom of Information Act is vital for democratic accountability.

The Freedom of Information Act is vital for democratic accountability.

A bold, controversial advance in the theory of free expression, grounded in a new underlying theoretical perspective, for a dramatic extension of commercial speech protection.

A bold, controversial advance in the theory of free expression, grounded in a new underlying theoretical perspective, for a dramatic extension of commercial speech protection.

This book documents and explains the differences in the ways Americans and Europeans approach the issues of privacy and intelligence gathering.

This book documents and explains the differences in the ways Americans and Europeans approach the issues of privacy and intelligence gathering.

The Freedom of Information Law allows any person to request and obtain, without explanation or justification, existing, identifiable, and unpublished governmental records, including documents, data, and video.

An essential addition to the bookshelf of any practitioner who has to consider information rights, however often.

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

INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OFFICIAL SECRETSFEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTIONIn January 2003, 28-year-old GCHQ translator Katharine Gun received an email from the US National Security Agency that would turn her world upside down.

Concise and Abridged EditionIn this blistering polemic, veteran journalist Mick Hume presents an uncompromising defence of freedom of expression, which he argues is threatened in the West, not by jackbooted censorship but by a creeping culture of conformism and You-Can't-Say-That.

The uncompromising Nick Cohen exposes the reality behind the freedoms we enjoy in the book that won Polemic of the Year at the 2013 Political Book Awards.

Since the 2004 presidential campaign, when the Bush presidential advance team prevented anyone who seemed unsympathetic to their candidate from attending his ostensibly public appearances, it has become commonplace for law enforcement officers and political event sponsors to classify ordinary expressions of dissent as security threats and to try to keep officeholders as far removed from possible protest as they can.

The Constitution in 2020 is a powerful blueprint for implementing a more progressive vision of constitutional law in the years ahead.

The Constitution in 2020 is a powerful blueprint for implementing a more progressive vision of constitutional law in the years ahead.

The concept of a risk-based approach to data protection came to the fore during the overhaul process of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Freedom of expression is a fundamental right at the heart of any democratic society.

Freedom of expression is a fundamental right at the heart of any democratic society.

We live an information-soaked existence - information pours into our lives through television, radio, books, and of course, the Internet.

We live an information-soaked existence - information pours into our lives through television, radio, books, and of course, the Internet.

This pioneering work draws together the law and other regulatory rules that relate to newsgathering.

Ten years after the Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into force in the UK, the implementation and case law related to the Act remains contentious.

Ten years after the Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into force in the UK, the implementation and case law related to the Act remains contentious.

The Defamation Act constitutes a significant overhaul of UK defamation legislation, which follows years of concern about the detrimental effects that preceeding libel laws had on freedom of expression, and the extent to which the jurisdiction had become a magnet for libel claimants.

The Defamation Act constitutes a significant overhaul of UK defamation legislation, which follows years of concern about the detrimental effects that preceeding libel laws had on freedom of expression, and the extent to which the jurisdiction had become a magnet for libel claimants.