Product Description: An 18 year old young man arrives in New York and finds himself taken under the wing of a rich lawyer. Excerpt: THE YOUNG EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD WALKED OUT of Penn Station and stood on the sidewalk. He set down the brown cardboard suitcase he was carrying...read more

Product Description: The footsteps shuffled with a gritty echo over the cold cement and came to rest before the tile edged porcelain trough. The heavy hands with stubby fingers mechanically eased the metal buttons out of their holes, and reached in to pull it out...read more

Product Description: Mona was warm and understanding, beautiful and sexy in the best possible way. She and her husband, Ward, would have had a nearly perfect relationship if Mona hadn't begun to yearn for something beyond the habitual bedside antics of their daily lives...read more

First published in 1987 this book considers the practical implications of increasing public access to official information in Britain, both from the perspective of increasing Freedom of Information and reforming Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act. It draws attention to the practical problems such changes would pose for both politicians and civil servants working in an adversarial system of government. It examines the effects of proposed changes on the conventions which are a fundamental feature of the British constitution. It also considers the political significance of reforms, both to demands for increased public participation in policy-making and to actual policies. Local and international perspectives on open government are included in order to provide an informed insight into an important issue of contemporary concern.

Product Description: Book by Hunt, Michael P.

Product Description: Combining a stimulating blend of academic authority and senior practitioner experience, this book tackles the principle of openness to official documentation and information flow. It covers important areas such as the Hutton Report into the death of Dr David Kelly, the freedom of speech in democratic societies, the value of the freedom of information and international comparisons...read more

Product Description: Richard A. Chapman is perhaps one of the most distinguished scholars in public administration in the United Kingdom. Moreover his work has invariably reflected practical concerns, some of which, particularly in relation to the ethical behaviour of officials and ministers, open government, and administrative and political reform, are of immediate constitutional importance...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Vehling, Bill, Hunt, Michael