Discussion On The Right To Privacy

Being one of the rights of personality. The right of privacy is an important civil right,which embodies person's dignity and value. It's becoming more and more important in economic life nowadays. Although in China we can find some regulations about the right of privacy in 《Constitution》,《The general rules of civil laws》 till today there are no any law that states this concept "the right of privacy" definitely. The protection towards this kind of right is not clear and we usually write the right of privacy into the right of reputation.The right of privacy is a basic civil right, which has come into being in many countries since the end of the 19th century. The discussion about how to compile our civil code has gone on for many years. The situation to revise the civil law is overwhelming. After china joined in WTO, the chances exist with challenges. The future civil code should include some regulations about the right of privacy and we all hope that it can be interpreted as an independent the right of personality.With the legislative safeguard, the protection of this right can go forward and the protection towards this right can be carried out really.Though the discusston about the source and development of the right of privacy in western courtries and China, by the method of combining history with reality, in order to consummate our future legislation about the right of privacy. This article falls into 3 parts, including 35000 characters.In part 1 the eneral statement of privacy and right of privacy. This article discusses the theory of privacy. limits its content and states the process how privacy drived and developed.In part 2 the conflict and adjustment between the right of privacy and the right to know. The author introduces the basic theory about the right to know and the conflict between these two kinds of...