ABSTRACT This paper examines whether corporations could claim a right to reputation under the European Convention on Human Rights. The existence of such a right could have significant implications for English defamation law as it relates to corporate claimants. The analysis in this paper focuses on Article 8 and Article 1 of Protocol 1, because the European Court of Human Rights has left open the applicability of each of these Articles to the corporate interest in reputation. While the Court’s case law in both of these areas is unclear, the argument advanced here is that there is no good justification for extending a right to reputation to corporations under either Article. However, given the often-haphazard approach the Court takes to developing its interpretation of Convention rights, there is a risk that it will uncritically extend a Convention right to reputation to companies in the future.

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《欧洲人权公约》下的企业声誉

摘要本文研究了企业是否可以根据《欧洲人权公约》主张名誉权。这项权利的存在可能会对英国诽谤法产生重大影响，因为它涉及公司索赔人。本文的分析侧重于《议定书》的第8条和第1条，因为欧洲人权法院未将这些条款中的每一项适用于公司的声誉。虽然法院在这两个领域的判例法尚不清楚，但这里提出的论点是，没有充分的理由将任何一条中的公司享有名誉权扩展给公司。但是，鉴于法院经常采用偶然性的方法来发展其对《公约》权利的解释，