Limitations of claims in the case of reputation protection
Adam Górski
Running of a period in protection of reputation is crucial both for potential perpetrators and injured parties. Journalists often ponder on how long they are liable for articles written in the past and injured parties ask themselves how much time they have for a lawsuit or a private prosecution. This paper discusses certain issues concerning limitation of claims related to protection of reputation from the perspective of civil law and criminal law both substantive and procedural.
KEYWORDS
law, civil law, criminal law, personal rights, limitation of crime, statute of limitation, defamation, insult