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

"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."-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiv Essentials of the Right of Access to Public Information: An Introduction (Hermann-Josef Blanke, Ricardo Perlingeiro)....Pages 1-68 Front Matter ....Pages 69-69 Principles of the Right of Access to Official Information in Latin America (Ricardo Perlingeiro, Milena Liani, Ivonne Díaz)....Pages 71-130 Scope and Aim of a General Regulation on Access to Public Information (Hermann-Josef Blanke)....Pages 131-188 Front Matter ....Pages 189-189 Access to Information Under the Federal Freedom of Information Act in the United States (Robert G. Vaughn, Peter J. Messitte)....Pages 191-234 The Swedish Legal Framework on the Right of Access to Official Documents (Patricia Jonason)....Pages 235-264 Right of Access to Public Documents in France (Constance Chevallier-Govers)....Pages 265-310 Access to Information in German Law in Comparison to Brazilian Law N° 12.527/2011 (Arno Scherzberg, Svenja Solka)....Pages 311-342 Access to Administrative Documents and to Public Sector Information in Italy (Diana-Urania Galetta)....Pages 343-367 Right of Access to Public Information: The Portuguese Case (Luísa Neto)....Pages 369-392 Right to Information and Access to Information in the Russian Federation (Illaria Bachilo)....Pages 393-418 Access to Information: A National Report About India (Srikrishna Deva Rao, Ravindra Chingale)....Pages 419-448 Japanese Information Disclosure Law (Narufumi Kadomatsu, Joel Rheuben)....Pages 449-483 The First Step in the Long March: The Legislation and Practice of Open Government Information in China (Ming’an Jiang, Daoming Tan)....Pages 485-500 Legal Situation of China in the Area of Access to Information (Weibing Xiao)....Pages 501-522 Front Matter ....Pages 523-523 Access to Government Information under Brazilian Law N° 12.527 of 18 November 2011 (Ana Paula de Barcellos)....Pages 525-542 Access to Information and Its Disclosure (Cristiana Maria Pinto e Silva Fortini, Mariana Magalhães Avelar)....Pages 543-569 Restrictions on Access to Information (Germana de Oliveira Moraes, Álisson José Maia Melo)....Pages 571-595 Procedural and Remedial Aspects of Access to Information (Pedro Aberastury, Alexandre Arruda, Rosnell V. Carrasco Baptista, Rogelio Robles)....Pages 597-623 The Imposition of Sanctions Concerning Access to Information (Carla Huerta)....Pages 625-641 Back Matter ....Pages 643-856 Annotation 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 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