L'Etat entre transparence et secret

In: Pouvoirs: revue française d'études constitutionnelles et politiques, Heft 97, S. 25-32

Abstract

Democracy developed mainly as a reaction to the secrecy of power & the openness imposed to private transactions. However, upon refection it seems increasingly clear that a certain balance & articulation should be applied to openness & 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 technological revolution should overwhelm the law in its efforts aiming to set up the necessary openness while guaranteeing the protection of legitimate secrets. Adapted from the source document.