Practical Aspects regarding the Tort Liability for Press Offences

Abstract

In a democratic society freedom of expression is a fundamental right, creating the conditions required for exercising other human rights. In this context, the authors explore in the following study the limits of journalistic freedom and the consequences, in legal terms, of overcoming such limits and damaging other human rights. The analysis, referring to the Romanian civil jurisprudence, will follow the fulfillment of the conditions of tort liability, in cases in which illegal acts are committed by journalists, affecting the personality rights, such as honor, honesty, dignity or reputation of a person.