Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Information: Essays in Honour of Sir David Williams

Author:   Jack Beatson, QC (Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Director of the Centre for Public Law, Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Director of the Centre for Public Law, University of Cambridge) ,  Yvonne Cripps (Barrister of the Inner Temple and Senior Fellow of the Centre for Public Law, Barrister of the Inner Temple and Senior Fellow of the Centre for Public Law, University of Cambridge)
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Pages:   480
Publication Date:   12 October 2000
Format:   Hardback
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The volume deals with vital issues on freedom of expression and freedom of information and emphasizes the importance of the free exchange and dissemination of ideas and of open, and therefore more accountable, government. It notes the ways in which these freedoms have received recent legislative attention in the Human Rights Act 1998, the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Bill.Articles on subjects such as freedom of speech, religion, and assembly; defamation of the state and of politicians; harassment, official secrecy, public interest disclosure, and the protection of privacy; focus on issues of political and legal importance to all who take an interest in how their country is governed. These matters are addressed here by leading judges, practitioners, and scholars from the UK, the USA, Australia and New Zealand. They provide timely and authoritative analysis as well as comparisons between British protections of these freedoms and the safeguards offered by other Commonwealth states, the USA, the EU and under the European Convention on Human Rights.This book will be of interest to academic and practising lawyers, government officials, and academics working in departments of politics and government.

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Author:   Jack Beatson, QC (Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Director of the Centre for Public Law, Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Director of the Centre for Public Law, University of Cambridge) ,  Yvonne Cripps (Barrister of the Inner Temple and Senior Fellow of the Centre for Public Law, Barrister of the Inner Temple and Senior Fellow of the Centre for Public Law, University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780198268390


ISBN 10:   0198268394
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   12 October 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Jack Beatson QC and Sir William Wade QC: Sir David Williams QC, DL Part One Freedom of Expression1: Trevor Allen: Common Law Constitutionalism and Freedom of Speech 2: Leslie Zines: Freedom of Speech and Representative Government 3: Sir Patrick Elias and Jason Coppel: Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Religion: Some Thoughts on the `Glenn Hoddle' Case 4: Michael J. Beloff QC: Politicians and the Press 5: Christopher Forsyth: The Protection of Political Discourse: Pragmatism or Incoherence? 6: Ivan Hare: Is the Privileged Position of Political Speech Justified? 7: A. T. H. Smith: A Free Press and Fair Trial: Challenges and Change 8: David A. Schulz: Newsgathering as Protected Activity 9: Eric Barendt: Freedom of Assembly 10: Bob Hepple QC: Freedom of Expression and the Problem of Harassment 11: Lord Cooke of Thorndon KBE: Shoreham-by-Sea 12: Derrick Wyatt QC: Freedom of Expression in the EU Legal Order and in EU Relations with Third Countries Part Two Freedom of Information13: The Hon Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE: The Relationship between Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Information 14: Sir Stephen Sedley: Information as a Human Right 15: Stephanie Palmer: Freedom of Information: The New Proposals 16: Lord Scott of Foscote: Confidentiality 17: Yvonne Cripps: The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 18: Clive Lewis: Linkage Between Access to Information and Judicial Review 19: David Feldman: Information and Privacy 20: Alfred C. Aman Jr.: Information, Privacy, and Technology: Citizens, Clients, or Consumers? 21: Sir Kenneth Keith: Freedom of Information and International Law 22: Malcolm Clarke: Freedom of Information in Commercial Disputes 23: Richard Thomas: Freedom of Information: The Implications for Business Index

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`: a stimulating collection of essays which will be valued by anyone interested in public law ... There is a diversity of topics and expressions of view sufficient to attract readers from many different standpoints ... confidently recommended to a wider readership' Law Quarterly Review 1 July 2001 The contributors and the editors are to be congratulated on the part they have played in the publication which is confidentlyrecommended to a wider readership. `A very well thought out and highly instructive book.' Commonwealth Lawyer, April 2001 `The work is well-footnoted and indexed, with a good table of cases and legislation, and, as is usual with the Oxford University Press, it is well presented - a veritable dish of delights...a stimulating and readable collection of essays ... anyone interested in the areas of freedom of expression and information will find dipping into this collection rewarding.' Howard Johnson Communications Law Vol. 6 No. 1 2001 `The book pulls together a distinguished collection of judges, practitioners and scholars from the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand.' Gazette


This is a valuable collection for the lawyer. It is an interesting, in some places exceedingly so, study for the lay reader. It is also a fitting tribute to one of this country's leading legal scholars and one of the Univeristy of Cambridge's most respected and influential figures. Cambridge - The Magazine of the Cambridge Society This is really a lawyer's book ... but the themes of the collection touch so closely on the lives of every citizen that it is worth the while of those who are not used to the conventions of legal writing ... to spend time grappling with a sometimes difficult text for the insight it brings. Cambridge - The Magazine of the Cambridge Society


`: a stimulating collection of essays which will be valued by anyone interested in public law ... There is a diversity of topics and expressions of view sufficient to attract readers from many different standpoints ... confidently recommended to a wider readership' Law Quarterly Review 1 July 2001 The contributors and the editors are to be congratulated on the part they have played in the publication which is confidentlyrecommended to a wider readership. `A very well thought out and highly instructive book.' Commonwealth Lawyer, April 2001 `The work is well-footnoted and indexed, with a good table of cases and legislation, and, as is usual with the Oxford University Press, it is well presented - a veritable dish of delights...a stimulating and readable collection of essays ... anyone interested in the areas of freedom of expression and information will find dipping into this collection rewarding.' Howard Johnson Communications Law Vol. 6 No. 1 2001 `The book pulls together a distinguished collection of judges, practitioners and scholars from the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand.' Gazette


This is a valuable collection for the lawyer. It is an interesting, in some places exceedingly so, study for the lay reader. It is also a fitting tribute to one of this country's leading legal scholars and one of the Univeristy of Cambridge's most respected and influential figures. Cambridge - The Magazine of the Cambridge Society This is really a lawyer's book ... but the themes of the collection touch so closely on the lives of every citizen that it is worth the while of those who are not used to the conventions of legal writing ... to spend time grappling with a sometimes difficult text for the insight it brings. Cambridge - The Magazine of the Cambridge Society


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Jack Beatson is Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Public Law at the University of Cambridge Yvonne Cripps is a Barrister of the Inner Temple and Senior Fellow of the Centre for Public Law, University of Cambridge. She holds the Harry T. Ice Chair of Law at Indiana University

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