Panamanian Legal Analysis of the Right to Petition for Public Information Access

Yitzel Mendieta's research dataset analyzes the right to petition as a guarantee for public information access in Panama. The dataset is based on a bibliographic matrix of 18 legal and academic documents selected between 2022 and 2026. It was last updated on March 18, 2026, and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the constitutional and legal basis for the right to petition based on the described normative foundation.
• Studying institutional weaknesses in administrative response and procedural uniformity as indicated in the results.
• Evaluating recommendations for modernizing response procedures and strengthening transparency culture.
• Researching the interplay between Panama's Constitution, Law 6 of 2002, and Law 38 of 2000 regarding information access.

Strengths

• Dataset is based on a defined unit of study comprising 18 legal and academic documents.
• Research covers a specific temporal scope with documents selected between 2022 and 2026.
• Data is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license allowing reuse and modification.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 21.2 KB, indicating limited scope and likely a summary or matrix format.

Provenance

Source

Yitzel Mendieta via figshare.

Collection Method

Documental research with a non-experimental, bibliographic, and descriptive design, organized in a bibliographic matrix.

Time Range

Documents selected between 2022 and 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 01:46:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Panama.