Subject Access and the Globalization of Government Documents: Intellectual Bundling of Entities Subject to World Trade Organization (WTO) Rulings

Abstract

As a result of the growing influence of supranational organizations, there is a need for a new paradigm for subject access to government information. Rulings made by supranational bodies and rulings determined under the auspices of transnational economic agreements often supersede national law, resulting in obligatory changes to national, provincial, state, and municipal legislation. Just as important is the relationship among private sector...