General Law

Criticism

0486-en RE720 Legal Methodology As of 11.07.2026


Criticism is a comparison of a performance or behaviour by the average standard applicable to it, and the limits of its permissibility are found in the rules of the law that it may not be offensive.

Deutsch

Kritik 0486-de

Die Kritik ist Vergleichung einer Leistung oder eines Verhaltens an dem dafür durchschnittlich geltenden Massstab und die Grenzen ihrer Erlaubtheit finden sich in den Vorschriften des Rechts, dass sie nicht beleidigend sein darf.

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Criticism (0486-en), in: LAWPEDIA®-Glossar, provided by LAWCONSULT AG, www.lawconsult.ch/lawpedia/en/criticism, as of: 11.07.2026 [accessed on ].

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