Statutory and Judicial responses to the Problem of Access to Government Information

• Main Authors: SINGLETON, Constance Y., HUNTER, Howard
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1979
• Subjects: Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; State and Local Government Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2135; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4087/viewcontent/StatutoryJudicialResponsesGovtInfo_1979DetCLRev51.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The tremendous growth of government occasioned by greater involvement in the social and economic life of the nation has been the cause of many concerns. Two perennial concerns have been the extent to which the government can prevent public access to information on the basis of which policies and dec...