CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Papazova, Olena |
|---|---|
| Title | Online Defamation in the Perspective of the United States, United Kingdom and Ukraine: Comparative Analysis |
| Summary | The right to freely express opinions and ideas is one of the internationally recognized fundamental human rights. The rapid development of the Internet however led to misuse of this freedom. Since in virtual space any person may be vulnerable to false statement that harms reputation, the freedom of expression is often in conflict with legal protection of reputation. The objective of the thesis is to compare Ukrainian civil law system with common law systems of US and UK, both having long tradition of the defamation case law in order to see if this analysis can influence optimization of Ukrainian legislation. The method which is used is the functional comparative method. It will be shown how the Ukrainian legislation on online defamation can be improved, using the experience of EU, UK and US. Consequently, it will be recommended that the regulation of secondary liability of internet service providers under Ukrainian legislation be amended. |
| Supervisor | Sganga, Caterina |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/papazova_olena.pdf |
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