TY - BOOK ID - 33057879 TI - The Right of Access to Public Information : An International Comparative Legal Survey AU - Blanke, Hermann-Josef. AU - Perlingeiro, Ricardo. PY - 2018 SN - 3662555522 3662555549 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Public records KW - Law and legislation. KW - Mass media KW - Comparative politics. KW - Computers KW - Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law . KW - IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property. KW - Comparative Politics. KW - Legal Aspects of Computing. KW - Cyberspace KW - Comparative political systems KW - Comparative politics KW - Government, Comparative KW - Political systems, Comparative KW - Political science KW - Law and legislation KW - Private international law. KW - Conflict of laws. KW - Mass media. KW - Law. KW - Computers. KW - Automatic computers KW - Automatic data processors KW - Computer hardware KW - Computing machines (Computers) KW - Electronic brains KW - Electronic calculating-machines KW - Electronic computers KW - Hardware, Computer KW - Computer systems KW - Cybernetics KW - Machine theory KW - Calculators KW - Acts, Legislative KW - Enactments, Legislative KW - Laws (Statutes) KW - Legislative acts KW - Legislative enactments KW - Jurisprudence KW - Legislation KW - Mass communication KW - Media, Mass KW - Media, The KW - Communication KW - Choice of law KW - Conflict of laws KW - Intermunicipal law KW - International law, Private KW - International private law KW - Private international law KW - Law KW - Legal polycentricity KW - Civil law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:33057879 AB - 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. ER -