Tel'nov A.V. Protection of reputation from distribution of the false and damning information

Abstract: The subject of this research is the legislative norms and positions of legal precedent, which regulate the immaterial goods, personal non-property rights, positions on protection of civil rights, as well as rights of the state as subject of civil law. The object of this work is the public relations, associated with the emerging violations of rights and legal interests of the state as subject of civil legal relations, including those associated with distribution of false and damning information with regards to the government. The author substantiates the necessity to maintain state reputation from defamation, and examines the effects of the spreading of inaccurate and erroneous information with regards to the government upon its reputation. The scientific novelty of this research consists in the fact that based on the existing scientific knowledge in the area of civil law, positions of the current legislation and legal precedent, the author explains the introduction into the civil legislation of the Russian Federation of such category as state reputation, as the subject of potential negative and damning reputation, as well as the norms of law that regulate the protection of the state from defamation.  

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