John Sheridan
Open Data Institute Friday Lunchtime Lectures, 25 January 2012
Legislation as data
“The acceptance of the rule of law as a constitutional principle requires that a citizen, before committing himself to any course of action, should be able to know in advance what are the legal principles which flow from it” – Lord Diplock, House of Lords, 1975 “The law must be adequately accessible” – European Court of Human Rights
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The web has changed who is accessing legislation and why, just as much as it has changed access to healthcare information.