Legal Definition and Related Resources of White Paper

A document issued by a government, containing a statement of a problem and its proposed solution for the same.

Browse or run a search for White Paper in the American Encyclopedia of Law, the Asian Encyclopedia of Law, the European Encyclopedia of Law, the UK Encyclopedia of Law or the Latin American and Spanish Encyclopedia of Law.

White Paper in Historical Law

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White paper in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of white paper.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• white paper in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• white paper in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Meaning of White Paper in Canada

In this country (and some others), a meaning of White Paper may be the following: An official government report: in many countries, an official report setting out government policy on a particular issue to be voted on by the country’s legislature (Encarta World English Dictionary, 1999, p. 785). See also Green paper.