Patrick Birkinshaw
Biographic Data
| ID | 4128916 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick Birkinshaw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Birkinshaw |
| SIGNATURE | BIRKINSHAW P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hull |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Freedom of Information
Enacted in 2000 and in operation in the UK since 2005, the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act has revealed information which has generated calls for constitutional reform. A massive 'information jurisprudence' has developed through the decisions of the Information Commissioner, the Information Tribunal and the courts. Governments' responses to the war on terror have involved increased resort to claims of national security and accompanying secrecy, …
Freedom of information and its impact in the United Kingdom
Freedom of information in the UK and Europe
Freedom of information in the U.K
Proposals for freedom of information in the United Kingdom
The End of the Beginning? The Freedom of Information Bill 1999
With the publication of its plans for a Bill on Freedom of Information, the new Labour government has been accused of abandoning its promise of greater openness in the way government is conducted in this country and its proposals are seen as a departure from the highly applauded contents of the White Paper published in December 1997. The draft Bill has been pilloried by friend and foe alike. It is seen as a litmus test of Blair's government and w…
Freedom of information and open government
Government and the End of Its Tether
Public Access to Government-Held Information
Open Government - Local Government Style
Central Government refuses to accept the need for freedom of information or open government laws affecting its administration. In 1985, however, the Local Government (Access to Information) Act was passed which constitutes a freedom Of information law for local government. What has been the impact of this statute on local government administration? What problems or difficulties has the legis lation caused and what lessons for good government migh…
The Control Unit Regime
This article describes the events leading to the introduction of the control unit in Wakefield Prison in 1974, and the way the unit operated. The control unit was recently the subject of litigation in the High Court, when a former inmate of the unit, Michael Sidney Williams, sued the Home Office for false imprisonment, claiming exemplary damages for oppressive and arbitrary governmental action and a declaration that the Home Office had no power t…
Local authorities and the resolution of grievances — Some second thoughts
Local authorities and the resolution of grievances — Some second thoughts
The Control Unit Regime
This article describes the events leading to the introduction of the control unit in Wakefield Prison in 1974, and the way the unit operated. The control unit was recently the subject of litigation in the High Court, when a former inmate of the unit, Michael Sidney Williams, sued the Home Office for false imprisonment, claiming exemplary damages for oppressive and arbitrary governmental action and a declaration that the Home Office had no power t…
Open Government - Local Government Style
Central Government refuses to accept the need for freedom of information or open government laws affecting its administration. In 1985, however, the Local Government (Access to Information) Act was passed which constitutes a freedom Of information law for local government. What has been the impact of this statute on local government administration? What problems or difficulties has the legis lation caused and what lessons for good government migh…
Public Access to Government-Held Information
Government and the End of Its Tether
Freedom of information and open government
Proposals for freedom of information in the United Kingdom
The End of the Beginning? The Freedom of Information Bill 1999
With the publication of its plans for a Bill on Freedom of Information, the new Labour government has been accused of abandoning its promise of greater openness in the way government is conducted in this country and its proposals are seen as a departure from the highly applauded contents of the White Paper published in December 1997. The draft Bill has been pilloried by friend and foe alike. It is seen as a litmus test of Blair's government and w…
Freedom of information in the U.K
Freedom of information in the UK and Europe
Freedom of Information
Enacted in 2000 and in operation in the UK since 2005, the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act has revealed information which has generated calls for constitutional reform. A massive 'information jurisprudence' has developed through the decisions of the Information Commissioner, the Information Tribunal and the courts. Governments' responses to the war on terror have involved increased resort to claims of national security and accompanying secrecy, …
Freedom of information and its impact in the United Kingdom
Political science (12 works) · Law (9 works) · Freedom of information (8 works) · Ombudsman and Human Rights (8 works) · Public Administration (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Public Administration (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Government (linguistics (4 works)