The Right of Access to Public Information An International Comparative Legal Survey /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Blanke, Hermann-Josef (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Perlingeiro, Ricardo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; Mass media.; Law.; Comparative politics.; Computers.; Law and legislation.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law .; IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property.; Comparative Politics.; Legal Aspects of Computing.
• Physical Description: XXIV, 856 p. 1 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783662555545
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-55554-5

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.