Research On Reputation Right Protection Of Public Figures

Today the human dignity right, especially the reputation right, is drawing more and more attention. As a result, lawsuit for the reputation infringement of public figures has been steadily on the rise for these years. However, China's legislation remains invalid for such case and the present law is not in a position to conduct it. In view of the fact, the paper attempts to conduct a research on how to protect the reputation right of public figures. The paper is divided into four parts as follows.Part One: IntroductionThe part i ) investigates the present law concerning the protection of the reputation right, concluding that no articles are found specially laid down for public figures, thus it doesn' t suit for today's situation; ii)reviews and sums up the theoretical work done by academic circle, pointing out their shortcomings to be overcome; The reputation right of public figures should be protected, but only conditionally, i.e. those who deserve the right should be effectively protected, while those who don't are out of the scope of protection, iii) explaining the value of the research in theory and practice, i. e. adding to the theory of civil law and conducting its relevant practice.Part Two: Definition and Description of Public FiguresDetailed and accurate definition and description of public figures is the key to develop the research. After much discussion in theory, a public figure is defined as the person who is widely known and arouse much interest, whose behavior, speech and privacy are closely related with the interests of a society. That is also the standard by which to determine whether he or she is a public figure. Compared with an average person, a public figure differs in the reputation right in the following five respects: i) subject; ii)relationship with privacy; iii)relationship with the interests...