SUCCINTE CONSIDERAȚII REFERITOARE LA PRIVILEGIUL CONFIDENȚIALITÃȚII SURSELOR DE INFORMARE ALE ZIARIȘTILOR ÎN REGLEMENTAREA LEGALÃ A UNOR STATE ȘI ÎN JURISPRUDENȚA CEDO

Certain considerations are mentioned in this study regarding the privilege of the confidentiality of the journalists’ information sources. To this end, there is carried out an interesting description of the European conception on the confidentiality of information sources (case law of the European Court of Human Rights; Swedish, German, British, Belgian, French laws), of the conception in the matter of the laws and case law of the United States of America, as well as of the Romanian conception, finally. The study concludes by emphasizing the need for the adoption of a modern Romanian mass-media law, pointing out that the freedom of the media can never be absolute and consequently, may be limited by legal exception rules of interpretation strictly.