Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Information

Law Quarterly Review 1 July 2001 : 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

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.

Commonwealth Lawyer, April 2001 A very well thought out and highly instructive book.

Howard Johnson Communications Law Vol. 6 No. 1 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.

Gazette The book pulls together a distinguished collection of judges, practitioners and scholars from the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand.

Jack Beatson is Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge Yvonne Cripps is Reader in Law at the University of Cambridge

Sir David Williams QC, DL; 1. COMMON LAW CONSTITUTIONALISM AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH; 2. Freedom of Speech and Representative Government; 3. Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Religion: Some Thoughts on the 'Glenn Hoddle' Case; 4. Politicians and the Press; 5. The Protection of Political Discourse: Pragmatism or Incoherence?; 6. Is the Privileged Position of Political Speech Justified?; 7. A Free Press and Fair Trial: Challenges and Change; 8. Newsgathering as Protected Activity; 9. Freedom of Assembly; 10. Freedom of Expression and the Problem of Harassment; 11. Shoreham-by-Sea; 12. Freedom of Expression in the EU Legal Order and in EU Relations with Third Countries; 13. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION; 14. Information as a Human Right; 15. Freedom of Information: The New Proposals; 16. Confidentiality; 17. The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998; 18. Linkage Between Access to Information and Judicial Review; 19. Information and Privacy; 20. Information, Privacy, and Technology: Citizens, Clients, or Consumers?; 21. Freedom of Information and International Law; 22. Freedom of Information in Commercial Disputes; 23. Freedom of Information: The Implications for Business; Index