Demnitatea demnităţii. Despre afectarea demnităţii persoanei juridice
Is there a dignity for the dignitary? On the breach of dignity in case of legal entities

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the possibility for a legal entity to claim legal protection for a “right” to dignity. In order to answer this question, the concept of dignity is put under scrutiny and it is distinguished from the similar concepts of reputation and honor. Further on, by reviewing the national case law as well as that of the European Court of Human Rights, a split is identified between the dignity as such and the reputation and it looks like the dignity is not denied to legal entities. Finally, the paper presents several practical hypotheses where the dignity (belonging only to natural persons) has a spillover effect and contaminates the official office held by a certain individual and vice versa.

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