Overview

This volume contains articles examining freedom of information statutes, including those protecting government employees who expose official misconduct.

Legal Context

Using United States laws as examples, the articles explore the relationship of these laws to administrative and constitutional theory in the United States.

Conceptual Insights

In addition, they demonstrate how varying conceptions of information illuminate the controversies in the application of these laws to the revolution in the electronic storage and retrieval of information.

International Perspective

The articles allow the reader to speculate how the connection of these laws to liberal democratic theory explains their recent adoption in several countries and their international application.