TY - CHAP
T1 - The Scope of Freedom of Information. To what Legal Bodies and Functions Does the Right of Access to Informations Apply?
AU - Jørgensen, Oluf
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - For some time it has been common practice to make a distinction between
the public and private spheres, and the distinction is fundamental in politi-
cal discourse as well as in legal, economic and politological thinking. The
boundary between public and private remains important and imbues the laws
that frame public information policy. Exceptions to freedom of information
based on content, e.g., information relating to individuals’ private life, business
secrets and private communication, will be treated later in the research pro
-
ject, “Access to Official Information in the Nordic Countries”. The prime focus
in the present article rests not on the exceptions, but on the legal bodies and
functions that are included in freedom of information legislation.
AB - For some time it has been common practice to make a distinction between
the public and private spheres, and the distinction is fundamental in politi-
cal discourse as well as in legal, economic and politological thinking. The
boundary between public and private remains important and imbues the laws
that frame public information policy. Exceptions to freedom of information
based on content, e.g., information relating to individuals’ private life, business
secrets and private communication, will be treated later in the research pro
-
ject, “Access to Official Information in the Nordic Countries”. The prime focus
in the present article rests not on the exceptions, but on the legal bodies and
functions that are included in freedom of information legislation.
KW - media law
M3 - Contribution to book/anthology
SN - 978-91-86523-74-9
SP - 93
EP - 119
BT - Freedom of Expression Revisited
A2 - Carlsson, Ulla
PB - Nordicom
CY - Göteborg Universitet
ER -