Criminal offences against honour and reputation in theory and judicial practise

Človekovo dostojanstvo predstavlja temelj demokratične in pravne države. Pod njegovim okriljem se uveljavi tudi ustavna pravica do časti in dobrega imena, ki ji pogosto stoji nasproti ustavna pravica do svobode govora. Kolizijo teh dveh pravic rešuje Kazenski zakonik (KZ-1), ki v svojem osemnajstem poglavju predpisuje kazniva dejanja zoper čast in dobro ime. Struktura magistrskega dela je zasnovana tako, da so uvodoma predstavljena ustavna izhodišča varovanja časti in dobrega imena, nato pa sledi analiza vsakega posameznega kaznivega dejanja zoper čast in dobro ime, ki je podkrepljena z relevantno sodno prakso Ustavnega, Vrhovnega in Višjih sodišč Republike Slovenije.Human dignity is the foundation of a democratic and legal state. Under its protection, the constitutional right to honor and reputation is also asserted, which is often opposed by the constitutional right to freedom of speech. The conflict between these two rights is resolved by the Criminal Code (KZ-1), which in its eighteenth chapter prescribes crimes against honor and reputation. The structure of my master thesis is designed in such a way, that the constitutional starting points for the protection of honor and reputation are introduced, followed by an analysis of each individual criminal act against honor and reputation, which is supported by the relevant case law of the Constitutional, Supreme and Higher Courts of the Republic of Slovenia