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[ecrea] New book: Access to Information

Fri Oct 10 01:21:41 GMT 2014




Access to Information in the Nordic Countries

A comparison of the laws of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland and international rules

By Oluf Jørgensen

Nordicom, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg 2014, 40 pages.


Free access to public records is crucial to democratic control and participation. Rules of law and legal practice concerning access and secrecy are of far-reaching significance to all sectors of society and to the relationship between citizens and the state.



This publication Access to Information in the Nordic Countries explains and compares the legal rules determining public access to documents and data in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland. In addition, international rules emanating from the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the European Union are elucidated.


Access to Information in the Nordic Countries demonstrates that, in the five Nordic countries, right-of-access rules are very different and show no consistent pattern. A country with the best conditions in some areas may have poor conditions in others.



This publication in English is based on a more comprehensive version in Danish published in Nordicom-Information No 3/2014, Nordicom, University of Gothenburg.



Download a pdf version of the publication: http://www.nordicom.gu.se/en//publikationer/access-information-nordic-countries



Best regards,



Ulla C.





Ulla Carlsson, Dr., Professor

Director

NORDICOM

University of Gothenburg

Box 713

SE 405 30 Göteborg

www.nordicom.gu.se







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