Attributes of government registers

Registers and legal proceedings All government registers should have point-in-time search capability. That is, the register should be searchable to see what it looked like at any point in time in the past. Links from point-in-time records should jump to counterpart...

Privacy and government registers

There are two reasons for wanting privacy: The legitimate desire to be secluded from public view of others when conducting legal activities; The illegitimate desire to be unaccountable for illegal actions. Once this distinction is made, it can be seen that in most...

The importance of registers

Public registers defend and extend property rights by allowing contracting parties to be sure of whom they are dealing with. They make many crimes impossible and deter the remainder by making criminal investigation much easier. The importance of registers cannot be...