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dc.contributor.authorAftergood, Steven
dc.date2021-11-25T13:36:30.000
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-26T12:29:43Z
dc.date.available2021-11-26T12:29:43Z
dc.date.issued2015-12-02T08:39:50-08:00
dc.identifierylpr/vol27/iss2/4
dc.identifier.contextkey7895795
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/17102
dc.description.abstractSunlight is the best disinfectant, Justice Brandeis famously declared, praising publicity as a remedy for corruption. But sunlight is more than that; it is an indispensable precondition of life. And to extend the Brandeis metaphor, sunlight in the form of robust public access to government information is essential to the vitality of democratic governance, even in the absence of corruption. Our political institutions cannot function properly without it.
dc.titleReducing Government Secrecy: Finding What Works
dc.source.journaltitleYale Law & Policy Review
refterms.dateFOA2021-11-26T12:29:43Z
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/ylpr/vol27/iss2/4
dc.identifier.legacyfulltexthttps://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1575&context=ylpr&unstamped=1


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