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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2012
      April 2010
      ISBN:
      9780511844904
      9780521888028
      9780521716086
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511844904
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.28kg, 578 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.13kg, 578 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Constitutional and Administrative Law, Law: General Interest, Law, Human Rights, Jurisprudence
      Series:
      Law in Context
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    Subjects:
    Constitutional and Administrative Law, Law: General Interest, Law, Human Rights, Jurisprudence
    Series:
    Law in Context
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    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 these developments have to exist alongside demands for FOI and transparency. FOI has to balance access to and protection of personal information, and major amendments have been made to the Data Protection Act in order to balance the competing demands of transparency and privacy. This detailed discussion of FOI laws and personal data laws examines the historical development of secrecy, national security and government, and their modern context.

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