The development of public access to environmental information: An attempt to overcome the problems associated with traditional enforcement methods
type: CreativeWork
description: The need to improve and encourage a national's participation in the protection of the environment, by making information concerning the state of the environment freely available has recently had considerable importance attached to it on all levels of Government. Although an individuals right to know the state of the environment and those who are causing harm to it, is a moral right, it is only recently that such a right has become acknowledged in law. This paper is an attempt to discuss, at both European and National levels, the development of access to information legislation, from the difficulties associated with traditional enforcement methods through to the implementation of the legislation into British statute and how such legislation sits with other environmental protection measures.
abstract: The need to improve and encourage a national's participation in the protection of the environment, by making information concerning the state of the environment freely available has recently had considerable importance attached to it on all levels of Government. Although an individuals right to know the state of the environment and those who are causing harm to it, is a moral right, it is only recently that such a right has become acknowledged in law. This paper is an attempt to discuss, at both European and National levels, the development of access to information legislation, from the difficulties associated with traditional enforcement methods through to the implementation of the legislation into British statute and how such legislation sits with other environmental protection measures.
author: Bowker, Stephen John
language: en
keywords: M100 - Law by area, M210 - Public law
date published: 1995
date modified: 2026-07-24T01:36:20Z
provider: University of Central Lancashire
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Central Lancashire