TRANSPARENCY FOR A “SOCIOLOGICAL TURN”

The Right to Information for the effectiveness of other Fundamental Rights: an interview with Prof. David Pozen

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https://doi.org/10.36428/revistadacgu.v14i25.518

Abstract

Revista da CGU opens its commemorative dossier for the 10th anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act in Brazil with an interview section. The interview is an instrument of scientific communication that provides the opportunity to involve society in current, relevant and dense discussions, in a more dynamic and open format than traditional academic articles.

 

The editors Flavia Xavier and Marcus Vinicius Braga proposed the questions, and work on the right to information through a social perspective. The provocation is to think critically, beyond existing structures. Enjoy these discussions!

 

It is a great honor to open this dossier with Prof. David Pozen, who is the Vice Dean for Intellectual Life and Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law at Columbia University in the United States of America.

 

A scholar with a wide range of practical experience in the Department of State, the Supreme Court, and the Senate, Professor Pozen has written numerous articles and essays on transparency and related topics.

 

In 2018, Professor Pozen and Professor Michael Schudson edited the book Troubling Transparency: The History and Future of Freedom of Information, which brought together distinguished scholars to evaluate the history and future of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. In 2020, he edited the book The Perilous Public Square: Structural Threats to Free Expression Today, which identifies and assesses threats to freedom of expression posed by the rise of authoritarian populism, technological change, and other forces.

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Author Biographies

  • David Pozen, Columbia University i

    Vice Dean for Intellectual Life and Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law at Columbia University in the United States of America.

  • Flávia Lemos Sampaio Xavier, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil

    Master in Political Science from the University Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro (Iuperj - 2015), specialist in Data Science, from the Institute of Mathematical and Computer Sciences of the University of São Paulo (USP - 2021), with professional certification in Science Data from Harvard University (Harvard, 2020) and a BA in Political Science from the University of Brasília (UnB, 2008).

  • Marcus Vinicius de Azevedo Braga, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

    PhD in Public Policy, Strategy and Development (PPED/IE/UFRJ) and Federal Auditor of the Office of Comptroller General.

References

Amy Kapczynski (February 14, 2022). Deep Dive Freedom from the Marketplace of Speech. Blog Lies and the Law. Disponível em:

https://knightcolumbia.org/blog/freedom-from-the-marketplace-of-speech

Ben-Shahar, Omri and Schneider, Carl E., The Failure of Mandated Disclosure (March 1, 2010). U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 516, U of Michigan Law & Econ, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 10-008, Disponível em:

https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1091&context=penn_law_review ou http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1567284

Pozen, David E., Freedom of Information Beyond the Freedom of Information Act. University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 165, pp. 1097-1158, 2017, Disponível em: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2907719

Pozen, David E., Seeing Transparency More Clearly (2020). Public Administration Review, Vol. 80, pp. 326-31, 2020, Disponível em: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3478005

Pozen, David E., Transparency's Ideological Drift (2018). Yale Law Journal, Vol. 128, pp. 100-65, 2018, Disponível em: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3120807

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2022-05-31

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Vol. 14 No. 25 (2022): Revista da CGU, 25,jan-jun/2022

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Ten years of the FOI Act: trajectories, advances and challenges

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TRANSPARENCY FOR A “SOCIOLOGICAL TURN”: The Right to Information for the effectiveness of other Fundamental Rights: an interview with Prof. David Pozen. Revista da CGU, [S. l.], v. 14, n. 25, p. 6–9, 2022. DOI: 10.36428/revistadacgu.v14i25.518. Disponível em: https://revista.cgu.gov.br/Revista_da_CGU/article/view/518.. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.

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