Jean-Michel BELORGEY - The State Between Openness and Secrecy

Pouvoirs n°97 - Transparence et secret - avril 2001 - p.25-32

Democracy developed mainly as a reaction to the secrecy of power and the openness imposed to private transactions. However, upon reflection it seems increasingly clear that a certain balance and articulation should be applied to openness and secrecy as they relate to public action. This does not mean, however, that the dead angles of the institutional regulatory system should not be eliminated, nor that the technoligical revolution should overwhelm the law in its efforts aiming to set up the necessary openness while guaranteeing the protection of legitimate secrets. Résumé

Référence électonique : Jean-Michel BELORGEY, "The State Between Openness and Secrecy", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°97, 2001, p.25-32. Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/The-State-Between-Openness-and.html