Respectul datorat persoanei şi după decesul său, în concepţia Codului civil român

Pavel Perju*, Alexandru Măglaş

Abstract: The article explains, in light of tradition and of some philosophical, psychological, religious and moral concepts, why the Romanian Civil code accepted to regulate the respect due to the person even after the person’s death. Also, the study develops the exegesis of some of the existing regulations in international and domestic law, especially the provisions of art. 78, 80 and 256 of the Civil Code, with references to the case-law of the CJEU and of the national courts.

Keywords: human personality and legal personality; respect due to the dead, international and other states’ regulations; the conflict between prejudice to the memory of the dead and freedom of expression; the will regarding one's own body and own funeral; restoring the memory of the deceased

1. Preliminarii. Geneza respectului datorat unui om trecut în nefiinţă se află, ex tempore, în sfera impactului...