Is there and/or is still necessary the criminalization of the
insult and defamation? Brief reflections on the Decision of the Constitutional
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Există şi/sau mai este necesară incriminarea insultei şi calomniei? Scurte reflecţii pe marginea Deciziei Curţii Constituţionale nr. 62/2007
Is there and/or is still necessary the criminalization of the insult and defamation? Brief reflections on the Decision of the Constitutional Court no. 62/2007

Author(s): Nicolae Marian
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Universul Juridic
Keywords: personality rights; personal dignity; insult; libeling; decriminalization; unconstitutionality; non-criminalization in the New Criminal Code;

Summary/Abstract: In 2007, the Constitutional Court acknowledged, through a challengeable decision, that the decriminalization of insult and libeling in the old Criminal Code is illegal; however, the legislator of the New 2009 Criminal Code completely disregarded the Decision no. 62/2007 and did not include insult or libeling amongst the offences. This article examines the thorny matter, in terms of both form and substance, of insult and libeling, as well as the current effects of the Constitutional Court Decision no. 62/2007, in the context of a possible, but rather hard to believe, revival of the Constitutional Court in the field.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 126-134
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian