Regulating Access to Public Information

Subject LAWS70372 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 7 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2011.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: The total class time is between 24 and 26 hours.
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this subject.
Corequisites: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this subject.
Recommended Background Knowledge: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this subject.
Non Allowed Subjects: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this subject.
Core Participation Requirements: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this subject.

Contact

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Email law-masters@unimelb.edu.au or phone +61 3 8344 6190.

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Subject Overview:

Principal topics will include:

  • Theories of law and government, and of information control and regulation
  • National regimes on access
  • International regimes on access
  • Comparative approaches
  • Defining the ‘public’
  • The human rights dimension of access to public information.
Objectives:

A student who has successfully completed this subject should:

  • Have a firm grasp of major developments in access to information regimes nationally and internationally
  • Be able to apply general principles on access to particular circumstances
  • Be aware of genuine claims for secrecy and confidentiality
  • Be able to balance openness and privacy
  • Be able to assess relevance of exemptions to specific information
  • Be able to assess how the public interest operates to override exemptions.
Assessment: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this subject.
Prescribed Texts: Core subject materials will be provided free of charge to all students. Some subjects require further texts to be purchased. Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this subject.
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date

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