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The Crime of Defamation under Art. 184 Criminal Code
Leskovjanová, Tereza ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Vanduchová, Marie (referee)
1 The crime of defamation under Art. 184 Criminal Code Abstract This thesis deals with the wording and the role of the crime of defamation in criminal law. Since it is a minor offense due to the objective aspect of a criminal offense and the type of object it protects, and it has repeatedly been considered for removal from the Criminal Code for the last 15 years, the author posits whether the existing factual basis of defamation in criminal law is dispensable. The first chapter of this thesis deals with the fundamental right of preservation of human dignity, personal honor, and good reputation. The introduction and differentiation of the enumerated institutes are followed by a summary of the historical development of penal regulation regarding preservation of honor. It aims to record how the definition of the crime of defamation developed starting from the beginning of the First Republic to the present day, and at the same time to explore the most important reasons that led the legislators to retain the crime of defamation in the Criminal Code after the Velvet Revolution. In the central part of the thesis are following two chapters where the author deals with the current wording of the preservation of dignity and reputation in the Czech legal order and detailed characteristics of the factual basis of the...

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