Keywords:
Constitution of the Slovak Republic, Convention, freedom of speech, proportionality, right to personality protection
Abstract
The study focuses on the analysis of the constitutional and legal limits of the exercise of freedom of speech. This freedom forms one of the pillars of a democratic and legal state. However, the Constitution of the Slovak Republic and the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms allow for its legitimate limitations. The authors therefore examine the limits of restrictions on freedom of expression under the conditions of Slovak legislation. The role of independence and autonomy of media are also emphasised, and a specific case demonstrates the interaction between the personality protection of a public figure and freedom of expression.
Author Biographies
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Michal Maslen, University of Trnava
From 2014 to 2017, he was a member of the Permanent Working Commission of the Legislative Council of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Administrative Law. Currently, he is a member of the Appeals Commission at the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic, the Appeals Commission at the Ministry of Transport of the Slovak Republic, the Appeals Commission at the National Security Authority of the Slovak Republic, a member of the ad hoc Appeals Commission at the Slovak Bar Association, and a member of the Authorisation Committee of the Slovak Chamber of Architects. His professional focus includes public administration, the protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms in Slovak legal theory and practice and within the international and European context as well.
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Martin Solík, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
Martin Solík is the Editor-in-Chief of the scholarly journal Communication Today. He works at the Faculty of Mass Media Communication at UCM in Trnava as an Associate Professor. His research focuses on contemporary moral, social and political philosophy with a focus on the concept of recognition in local and transnational contexts. In his articles he develops the problem of social recognition and its media reflection, the media image of marginalised groups, the problem of identity in the context of different versions of reality and the impact of media and digital technologies on human cognitive processes. Martin Solík is the author of several scientific studies with international impact, conference papers, textbooks and the scientific monograph entitled Recognition as a problem of justice and its media reflection.
Section
Theoretical studies
How to Cite
Michal Maslen, & Martin Solík. (2025). Legal Measures Relating to the Freedom of Speech and the Right to Personality Protection.
Communication Today,
16(1).
https://doi.org/10.0000/1cgkr026
