Personality rights in European tort law / edited by Gert Brüggemeier, Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi and Patrick O'Callaghan.
2010
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Title
Personality rights in European tort law / edited by Gert Brüggemeier, Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi and Patrick O'Callaghan.
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Call Number
KJC1646 .P47 2010
ISBN
9780521194914 (hardback : alk. paper)
0521194911 (hardback : alk. paper)
0521194911 (hardback : alk. paper)
Description
xxviii, 591 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)495102166
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of contributors
xi
National reporters
xiii
General editors' preface
xiv
Preface
xvi
Editorial note
xviii
List of abbreviations
xxi
pt. I
Mapping the legal landscape
1
1.
General introduction
3
2.
Protection of personality rights in the law of delict/torts in Europe: mapping out paradigms / Gert Bruggemeier
5
1.
Introduction
5
2.
Two distinct paths of civil law of delict
10
A.
France
10
B.
Germany
18
3.
Two different paths of liability law
25
A.
Common law of torts and statutory law: England
25
B.
Scandinavian law: Sweden
28
4.
A European perspective - Art. 8(1) ECHR
30
3.
American tort law and the right to privacy / Joseph A. Page
38
1.
Introduction
38
2.
The birth of a tort
41
3.
The first steps
45
4.
Evolution of a tort
48
5.
Additional protection for peace of mind
56
6.
The academic backlash
57
7.
The United States Supreme Court intervenes
59
8.
The present status of the unwarranted-disclosure privacy tort
61
9.
The present status of the instrusion privacy tort
66
10.
The present status of the false-light privacy tort
68
11.
The present status of the misappropriation privacy tort
69
12.
Conclusion
70
pt. II
Case studies
73
4.
Case 1: The corrupt politician
75
Case
75
Discussions
75
Comparative remarks
140
5.
Case 2: Convicted law professor
149
Case
149
Discussions
149
Comparative remarks
175
6.
Case 3: The paedophile case
178
Case
178
Discussions
178
Comparative remarks
203
7.
Case 4: An invented life story?
206
Case
206
Discussions
206
Comparative remarks
225
8.
Case 5: A former statesman's family life
228
Case
228
Discussions
228
Comparative remarks
253
9.
Case 6: A satirical magazine
257
Case
257
Discussions
257
Comparative remarks
272
10.
Case 7: A snapshot of a person
275
Case
275
Discussions
275
Comparative remarks
308
11.
Case 8: A paparazzo's telephoto lens
317
Case
317
Discussions
317
Comparative remarks
343
12.
Case 9: Naked.Little.Girl.Com
348
Case
348
Discussions
348
Comparative remarks
372
13.
Case 10: The late famous tennis player
375
Case
375
Discussions
375
Comparative remarks
408
14.
Case 11: The popular TV presenter
413
Case
413
Discussions
413
Comparative remarks
431
15.
Case 12: Copied emails
433
Case
433
Discussions
433
Comparative remarks
453
16.
Case 13: Brigitte's diaries
457
Case
457
Discussions
457
Comparative remarks
473
17.
Case 14: Tape recordings of a committee meeting
476
Case
476
Discussions
476
Comparative remarks
489
18.
Case 15: ̀Light cigarettes reduce the risk of cancer'
492
Case
492
Discussions
492
Comparative remarks
507
19.
Case 16: Doctor's non-disclosure of a foetal disease
511
Case
511
Discussions
511
Comparative remarks
540
20.
Case 17: WAF - A gang of incompetents?
543
Case
543
Discussions
543
Comparative remarks
562
pt. III
A common core of personality protection
565
21.
A common core of personality protection / Patrick O'Callaghan
567
1.
Dignity and honour
568
2.
Privacy
569
3.
Right to one's image and likeness
570
4.
Commercial appropriation of personality
572
5.
Right to personal identity
573
6.
Self-determination
574
7.
Protection of personality of legal persons?
575
8.
Personality violations through the internet
575
9.
Conclusion
576
Index
578