Rights of Personality in Scots Law : : A Comparative Perspective / / Niall Whitty, Reinhard Zimmermann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Whitty, Niall,; Zimmermann, Reinhard,
• MitwirkendeR: Blackie, John,; Brüggemeier, Gert,; Burchell, Jonathan,; Carty, Hazel,; Laurie, Graeme,; MacQueen, Hector L.,; McK Norrie, Kenneth,; Reid, Elspeth,; Vaver, David,; Waelde, Charlotte,; Whitty, Niall R.,; Zimmermann, Reinhard,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 p.) :; 4 B/W tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Preface --; List of Contributors --; Table of Cases --; Table of Legislation and Other Instruments --; Table of Abbreviations --; 1. Rights of Personality in Scots Law: Issues and Options --; 2. Unity in Diversity: the History of Personality Rights in Scots Law --; 3. Overview of Rights of Personality in Scots Law --; 4. Protection of Personality Rights in the Modern Scots Law of Delict --; 5. Protection of Personality Interests in Continental Europe: the Examples of France, Germany and Italy, and a European Perspective --; 6. Personality Rights in South Africa: Re-affirming Dignity --; 7. Personality Rights and English Law --; 8. Does Intellectual Property Have Personality? --; 9. The Scots Law of Defamation: Is there a Need for Reform --; 10. Personality, Privacy and Autonomy in Medical Law --; 11. A Rights of Personality Database --; 12. A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Personality Rights in Scots Law, Mainly with Regard to Privacy --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780748699544; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9780748699544?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Niall Whitty, Reinhard Zimmermann.

Explores the law on rights of personality in Scotland compared to other jurisdictionsTaking a comparative perspective, this book explores the trends and issues affecting the law on rights of personality in jurisdictions drawn from the families of common law, civilian law, and mixed legal systems. The main focus is on the private law of personality rights, with due regard paid to the impact of constitutional legislation and other instruments protecting human rights.Level: Undergraduate 3/4; Postgraduate