Information Rights
Law and Practice
Published on 26. February 2004
Book
Hardback
1384 pages
978-0-421-77470-4 (ISBN)
Description
Information Rights provides comprehensive analysis of all rights of access to official information in the UK. It provides detailed analysis of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and access rights in the Data Protection Act 1998. Rights are considered thematically, including rights of access to local government information, health, medical and care records, environmental information, personal information, educational information, economic and business information, as well as to information held by official bodies of the EU. * The authoritative text for those seeking official information and for all those handling request for information * Provides in-depth treatment of concepts, rights, procedures, exemptions and enforcement * Practical - includes codes of practice * Makes extensive reference to the comparative jurisprudence of the USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland and Ireland * Contains full UK and EU statutory materials
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sweet & Maxwell Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-421-77470-4 (9780421774704)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction. Subject-specific rights of access to government-held information. Rights and obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Exercising the right under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Exemptions. Enforcement under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Precedents. Statutory materials.