| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 231 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Law and society
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Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Freedom-of-expression conceptualization -- Information-privacy conceptualization -- Right-to-a-healthy-environment conceptualization -- Right-to-truth conceptualization -- Conclusions. |
| Summary |
Conceptualizing access to government information as a human right is a new development in the global trend promoting institutional transparency. Bishop provides a comprehensive examination of international human rights law and explains four conceptualizations of access to information as a human right. Rights to information have been linked to the right to free expression, the right to privacy, and the right to a healthy environment, and the right to the truth about human rights abuses. She concludes that a human right to access information is evolving in disparate ways. The current evolution o. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Freedom of information.
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Freedom of information. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bishop, Cheryl Ann, 1964- Access to information as a human right. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012 (DLC) 2011036550 |
| ISBN |
9781593325053 (electronic book) |
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1593325053 (electronic book) |
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9781593324599 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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