DEFAMATION LAW

Defamation Law



Defamation Law

Introduction

The paper aims to discuss whether the privacy law must be incorporated in the defamation law after Reynolds defended the case. Defamation is the spread of damaging information that cannot be defamatory nature, or discredited in the press, the action known criminal law as a crime, which is close to libel, but differs from it by two features: Defamation is the publication of any defamatory facts in the press, while the libel may be committed both in print and on the words (in public) or by letter.

Defamation is a concept law designating the act of making remarks prejudicial to the honour of an individual or entity. Most of the time, there can be no defamation if the charge is supported by cons-truths. The tort of defamation may be closer to the right to privacy, which is balanced with respect for the right to freedom of expression. Governments that abuse of defamation proceedings are accused of wielding it as a means of censorship. The publicity given to individual facts, whether true or false, may also be considered a violation of the right to privacy.

In criminal defamation point is in the disclosure of defamatory information, in print, regardless of their accuracy, libel is always treated as a message of inaccurate information. Defamation law has been known as a pre-revolutionary as the announcement in the press about a private or officer, society or imposes such conditions, which can damage their honour, dignity and formal name. As such, the defamation was a means of limiting the freedom of the press, not only against the invasion of the latter in the privacy of citizens, but against the press in exposing misconduct of officers.

In respect of officers allowed defence against charges of defamation of an indication of the truth announced in printing defamatory facts concerning the performance disgraced person. However, the accused could defend them only through the submission of written evidence, which is practically almost impossible. In order to limit objections with reference to the written evidence of the circle of officials interpreted restrictively, the court recommended that the law even in the case of written evidence to support the validity of announced information officer, releasing the accused from charges of defamation, subject him to still collect on charges of insulting.

Defamation law UK

Methods of civil protection from defamation of any kind are defined by article 152 of the Civil Code. Law recognizes the defamatory information in case their distribution involves impairing a person's reputation in the eyes of right-thinking members of society and encourages them to watch out for or avoid it. Establishing liability legally complicated set out in our country the right to freedom of speech. In case of doubt about the legality of defamation should be made to the Constitution, Art. 29, defines freedom of speech, thought, etc.

Article 17 of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966 states: No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, or ...