Full Description
This book aims to investigate the way in which personality rights are protected in China through a comparative and cross-cultural lens drawing on perspectives from Europe and elsewhere in the world. Currently, the question whether or not to incorporate a special law on personal rights - the right to life, the right to health, and the rights to reputation and privacy - into a future Chinese Civil Code is heatedly debated in the Chinese legal community.
Contents
Preface
Ken Oliphant, Chen Lei and Zhang Pinghua
List of Authors
Introduction
Ken Oliphant, Chen Lei and Zhang Pingua
Part 1: On the Legal Protection of Personality Rights in General: Europe
1 The Protection of Personality Rights in Comparative Perspective: Basic Questions
Barbara C Steininger
2 Personality Rights in Different European Legal Systems: Privacy, Dignity, Honour and Reputation
Eva Ondreasova
3 The Protection of Personality Rights in Private Law: Remedies
Monika Hinteregger
4 Human Rights and the Protection of Personality Rights in Europe: Comparative Reflections
Ernst Karner
Part 2: On the Legal Protection of Personality Rights in General: China
5 Codifying Personality Rights in China: Legislative Innovation or Scaremongering?
Chen Lei
6 The Structure of the Interest in Personality and the Introduction of a Statutory Right of Personality
Zhang Pinghua
Part 3: Special Topics Relating to the Protection of Personality Rights by Private Law
7 Personality Rights and the Internet in Europe
Laura Emilia Weissel
8 The Right to Privacy in the Internet Age: The Chinese Perspective
Jia Wang
9 Personality Rights, the Mass Media and the European Convention on Human Rights
Thomas Thiede
10 Protection of Patient Personality Rights in China
Ding Chunyan
11 On the Independence of Personalities and Restrictions on the Status of Spouses
Fan Liying
Index
