Fenster, Mark,

The transparency fix : secrets, leaks, and uncontrollable government information / Mark Fenster. - Stanford, California : Stanford Law Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : the transparent state we want but can't have -- Liberating the family jewels : "free" information and "open" government in the post-war legal imaginary -- Supplementing the transparency fix : innovations in the wake of law's inadequacies -- Transparency's limits : balancing the open and secret state -- The uncontrollable state -- The impossible archive of government information -- Disclosure's effects? -- The implausibility of information control -- The disappointments of megaleaks -- Conclusion : the West Wing, the West Wing, and abandoning the informational fix.



9781503602670

2017003719


Transparency in government--Law and legislation--United States.
Freedom of information--United States.
Official secrets--United States.
Government information--Law and legislation--United States.
Leaks (Disclosure of information)--United States.


Electronic Books.

KF5753 / .T736 2017