Our Study Of The Legal System Of Government Information Disclosure

Information disclosure appears to be traced back to 1766 in Sweden, "freedom of the press law", which is the world’s first public with information related legislative documents, the law gives the right to reprint documents the newspaper. With the right gained ground, especially after World War II, the government information disclosure legislation worldwide vigorously launched. The most typical, the most far-reaching is the United States in 1996, "Freedom of Information Act", this law on the disclosure of government information disclosure of information legislation in other countries had a great role in promoting. Principle of popular sovereignty is a fundamental principle "of the Constitution" in China. Government information disclosure requirements of the people is the principle of sovereignty, but also the question of the implementation of democracy and the rule of law in the proper meaning. With the further deepening of reform and opening up and political reform, China’s information disclosure system which takes as a guarantee of civil rights, an important way to promote democracy. This paper compares the foreign government information disclosure system, drawing on the experience, make up the shortage, the government information disclosure system of continuous improvement.In addition to the introduction and conclusion, this paper is divided into four parts. Part one:describes the main contents of government information disclosure system, starting from the conceptual basis of their significance three areas; Part two:describes the status quo of China’s government information disclosure system, and now the problems; Part three: Comparison process foreign government information disclosure system, analyze the differences in the formation of our system of government information disclosure now find the root cause of imperfect; Part four:So, to improve the information disclosure system of government must be to protect citizens’right to information as a basic point to start from the following aspects:establishment of the constitutional status of citizen’s right to know, the right of citizens’ access to information, improve government information disclosure legislation, improve the working mechanism and improve relief mechanism.