„Legitimate interest” in press as a circumstance excluding illegality of personal rights’ violation
Katarzyna Błeszyńska
Pełny tekst artykułuThe journalists have an obligation to protect personal right of third parties. The legitimate importance is non-statuory circumstances excluding illegality of personal rights violation by the press. The journalists rely on it very often in their publications, unfortunately understanding it as a social interest in the matter. There is a clear need of define the meaning this vague legal concept, upon the existing case law of the Polish Supreme Court and representatives of legal doctrine.
KEYWORDS
legitimate interest, legitimate public interest, special diligence and integrity of journalism, personal rights violation, illegality exclusion