Public Policies and Cults in European Case Law: Between Security, Non-discrimination and Public Information

2017 ◽  
pp. 101-114
Author(s):  
Louis-Leon Christians
Keyword(s):  
Public Policies ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Case Law

scholarly journals Hopeless Cases: In Defence of Compensating Litigants at the Advocate's Expense

1999 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan Webb
Keyword(s):  
Public Policies ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Dividing Line

The dividing line between novel litigation and cases which are an abuse of process and a waste of time can be a difficult one to draw.  Some would argue that the tension between these two public policies is reason enough not to award costs against an advocate bringing or defending "hopeless" causes.  The author, however, is of the view that the jurisdiction to award such costs is justified in the interests of protecting clients and maintaining professional standards.  An analysis of the case law reveals that the power is used sparingly and, if there is any doubt, the court will favour the advocate.

scholarly journals EL DERECHO DE ACCESO A LA INFORMACIÓN PÚBLICA: ESTÁNDARES INTERNACIONALES PARA SU EXIGIBILIDAD A TRAVÉS DE LAS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS. (THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION: INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR ITS DEMANDABILITY THROUGH PUBLIC POLICIES)

2019 ◽  
pp. 46-73
Author(s):  
Arturo Miguel Chípuli Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Public Policies ◽  
Public Information ◽  
International Standards ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access

El acceso a la información pública es considerado uno de los pilares de los sistemas democráticos contemporáneos. Su trascendencia radica en que, a través de dicho derecho humano, la población puede acceder a información fundamental para el ejercicio de otros derechos, la prevención de abusos por parte del Estado, y exigir la rendición de cuentas. Es por ello que, a partir de las políticas públicas, el Estado puede materializar los compromisos adoptados en materia de acceso a la información pública, estableciendo niveles de cumplimiento mínimos, pautas a seguir por las autoridades, así como mecanismos de protección y de garantía. Con motivo de lo anterior, el presente trabajo esboza un estándar sobre el derecho de acceso a la información, mismo que puede servir de base para la construcción de políticas públicas en materia de acceso a la información pública.

scholarly journals The Right to Public Information. Selected Interpretation Doubts in the Doctrine and Jurisprudence of Administrative Courts

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Dominik J. Kościuk ◽  
Justyna Kulikowska-Kulesza
Keyword(s):  
Public Information ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Information Bulletin ◽  
The Public ◽  
Disclosure Of Information ◽  
Disclosure Rules ◽  
Administrative Courts ◽  
The Right ◽  
Made In

<p>The provisions of the Act on Access to Public Information regulate, among others, the subjective and objective scope of the right to public information, reasons for restricting access to information, procedure and form of disclosure, rules for creating and publishing information in the Public Information Bulletin, costs of activities leading to the disclosure of information and the establishment of complaint proceedings in the event of refusal to provide the public information requested. Therefore, it is worth to pay attention to several problems arising from the analysis of statutory provisions and the practical consequences of applying the Act of 6 September 2001 on Access to Public Information. The current, extremely extensive, output of doctrine and jurisprudence allows for a fairly “efficient” summary of the considerations made in both literature and judicial and administrative case law.</p>

Ambiguity in Insider Trading Regulations: Saudi Arabia as a Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 408-427
Author(s):  
Yahya A. Alomari
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Insider Trading ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Insider Information ◽  
The Law ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Criminal Conduct ◽  
Material Information

Abstract The Saudi legal system recognises insider trading as a crime and has established laws in order to prevent it. Yet, the complicated nature of insider trading makes it challenging to enact regulations that cover all of the aspects of the crime and clearly identify criminal conduct. This article analyses insider trading regulations in Saudi Arabia and addresses their ambiguities. This article specifies current Saudi regulations pertaining to the crimes of insider trading and disclosing material information, as well as analysing both crimes. It addresses ambiguities found in the language of the law as well as in case law. This article also criticises the definition of insider information under the law. The issue of ‘use’ versus ‘possession’ is discussed: namely, whether what is prohibited is trading on the basis of material non-public information or trading while in possession of material non-public information.

scholarly journals El derecho de acceso a la información pública como derecho fundamental:una valoración del debate doctrinal a propósito de la ley de transparencia = The right of access to public information as fundamental right:an assessment of the doctrinal debate c

2014 ◽  
pp. 349
Author(s):  
Göran Rollnert Liern
Keyword(s):  
Public Information ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Spanish Constitution ◽  
Information Set ◽  
The Law ◽  
Parliamentary Procedure ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access

La tramitación parlamentaria de la Ley de Transparencia ha reabierto el debate doctrinal sobre el acceso a la información pública como derecho fundamental. El trabajo hace una valoración de los argumentos utilizados en la discusión, en particular de la jurisprudencia nacional sobre este derecho y de su posible integración en la libertad de información del art. 20.1 d) CE interpretándolo conforme a los tratados internacionales y atendiendo a las recientes sentencias del TEDH dictadas en 2009 y 2013.The parliamentary procedure of the Law of Transparency has reopened the doctrinal debate on access to public information as a fundamental right. The paper gives a valuation of the arguments used in the discussion, in particular the national case-law on this right and the possible integration thereof in the freedom of information set in article 20.1 d) of the Spanish Constitution interpreting it according to international treaties and taking into account the recent judgments of the ECHR established in 2009 and 2013.

Soil Protection in French Environmental Law

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frédéric Bourgoin
Keyword(s):  
Soil Contamination ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Pollution Prevention ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Recent Case ◽  
Soil Protection ◽  
Industrial Sites

AbstractIn France the absence of a comprehensive soil protection system was in part compensated by public policies issued by the Ministry for Environment and environmental authorities. The effect of these policies was to establish pollution prevention and monitoring criteria as well as public registers for (potentially) polluted industrial sites. The industrial regime (Installations Classées pour la Protection de l'Environment, 'ICPE') has been a key instrument in the development of soil protection, not only in the context of prevention but also in terms of liability for soil contamination which, in the absence of specific legislation, has relied on other liability regimes. The last fifteen years has also seen a rash of often contradictory case law, in particular concerning the definitions of liable persons and remediation levels. However, these definitions, in particular concerning liable persons, appear to have been settled by recent case law.

scholarly journals Competition Policy during the Economic Crisis – legal issues

Equilibrium ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-89
Author(s):  
Mateusz Błachucki ◽  
Rafał Stankiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Competition Policy ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Competition Law ◽  
Case Law ◽  
State Aid ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Made In

The paper addresses the issue of legal issues of competition policy during the economic crisis. During the economic crisis public authorities are forced to redefine the aims of public policies and harmonize them. The paper aims at identifying spheres, where competition policy is limited by other public policies. First, the problem of crisis cartels and their admissibility under competition law is discussed. It is followed by the presentation of the exemptions to the general prohibition of anticompetitive mergers. Last but not least, the temporary framework for state aid in the UE is presented. It has been argued that during the economic crisis public authorities use peculiar legal instruments of competition policy to address problems arising from the crisis. Whenever it is possible reference to the case law is made in order to present the application of presented problems in practice.

Judgments as Public Information

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Magrath
Keyword(s):  
Public Information ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Private Data ◽  
Private Management

AbstractThis article is written by Paul Magrath who is the Head of Product Development and Online Content at the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR). His article explores the issues surrounding the custodianship of those public legal documents, such as court judgments, which form primary sources of law but which may also contain private data, and looks at the way custodians of such data can also act as gatekeepers, enhancing or inhibiting access by the public as well as more specialised users. It expands upon an article published by Infolaw.co.uk entitled “Custodians and gatekeepers: maintaining access to public legal information”, and refers to recent case law involving the tension between information in the public domain and the individual's privacy and “right to be forgotten” by search engines. The article also looks at how court documents are made accessible in other jurisdictions and imagines how things might be improved in our own courts, before concluding that the model of a not-for-profit organisation, such as the ICLR or BAILII (the British and Irish Legal Information Institute), may work as well if not better than public or private management of judgments and other legal public information.

scholarly journals The Invisibility of Labour Trafficking in Spain. A Critical Analysis of Cases and Policies

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Silvia Rodríguez López
Keyword(s):  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Labour Exploitation ◽  
Trafficking Victims ◽  
Do So

One of the most remarkable challenges concerning global migration policies nowadays has to do with impeding the trafficking of migrant workers for the purposes of labour exploitation. This paper aims to examine whether Spain has adequately fulfilled its obligations to prevent and prosecute labour trafficking and protect trafficking victims. To do so, it offers a critical analysis of public policies concerning labour trafficking, contrasting them with case-law and data regarding its implementation in practice. Thus, the most recent available data concerning inspection, investigation and prosecution of labour trafficking cases, as well as the identification and protection of labour trafficking victims in Spain is evaluated here. The results highlight the invisibility of human trafficking victims for the purposes of labour exploitation, partly caused by the lack of measures that specifically address this form of trafficking.

scholarly journals El derecho de acceso a la información pública en la jurisprudencia del TEDH: un derecho instrumental imprescindible para la eficacia del Convenio desde la teoría general de los derechos

2019 ◽  
pp. 483
Author(s):  
Mario Hernández Ramos
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Explicit Recognition ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access

El debate en torno al reconocimiento del derecho de acceso a la información pública en el CEDH ha girado principalmente en torno al art. 10 CEDH. Esta postura se ha visto reforzada con la última sentencia de la Gran Sala Magyar Helsinki Bizottsag c. Hungría (2016) que ha dado carta de naturaleza al mencionado derecho descrito a pinceladas en la jurisprudencia del TEDH más o menos constante desde el 2006, pero destacando el carácter instrumental del mismo. No obstante, este enfoque abarca solo una parte, la principal sin duda, del ámbito que protege el derecho de acceso a la información pública. Sin prestar atención a otros derechos apuntados en la jurisprudencia del TEDH a través de los cuales se ha hecho efectivo el acceso a la información pública, como el art. 8 CEDH y el art. 6.1 CEDH, también de manera instrumental, la definición de este importante derecho estaría inacabada. Por ello, a través de la teoría general de derechos fundamentales, se reconstruyen los elementos configuradores de un derecho fundamental sin reconocimiento explícito en el texto del CEDH pero muy presente en la jurisprudencia del TEDH.The debate on the recognition of the right of access to public information in the ECHR has dealt mainly with art. 10 ECHR. This has been reinforced by the last ECtHR ruling Magyar Helsinki Bizottsag v. Hungary (2016) that has been declared in the case law of the ECtHR since 2006, but highlighting its instrumental nature. However, this approach covers only one part, the main one, of the scope that protects the right of access to public information. Without paying attention to other rights pointed out in the ECHR jurisprudence through which access to public information has become effective, such as art. 8 ECHR and art. 6.1 ECHR, also instrumentally, the definition of this important right would be unfinished. Therefore, through the general theory of fundamental rights, the constitutive elements of a fundamental right without explicit recognition in the text of the ECHR but very present in the jurisprudence of the ECHR are reconstructed.

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