00884nam a22001457a 4500008004100000020001500041050001600056100002500072245008800097250001200185260003500197300001700232500002000249505046900269140918b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0406914915  aKD3756.B565  aBirkinshaw, Patrick.  aFreedom of information: the law, the practice and the ideal. /cPatrick Birkinshaw.  a3rd ed.  aEdinburg,bButterworth:c2001.  axxxvi,514p.:  aIncludes index.  aContents: Persistent themes and novel problems -- Freedom of information:overseas experience -- Government and information-an historical development -- Claims and counterclaims -- Openness as a practice or non-practice -- The freedom of information act 2000 -- Access to personal information -- Secrecy and access in the European union -- Openness, information and courts -- Conclusion-how nigh is the end? -- The EU regulation on access: the final stage -- Index.