The Right to Know: The Political and Legal Components of Government Transparency

• In Event: Judicial Actors' Decisions and Relationships

Brief Overview

This project explores judicial decision-making in legal disputes over withheld government records. We examine how political, legal, and institutional factors affect whether judges require agencies to release withheld records to FOIA requesters.

Authors

• Gbemende Esubiyi Johnson, Hamilton College

• Tracey E. George, Vanderbilt University