Constructing the Theoretical System of the Chinese Personality Rights Law

Personality rights under the fourth chapter of PRC Civil Codeare divided into six chapters for regulation. Of these, Chapter 1, General Provisions, serves as the General Principles of the personality rights law, while Chapter 2 deals with right to life, right to body, and right to health, Chapter 3 with right to personal name and right to name, Chapter 4 with portrait rights, Chapter 5 with the right to reputation and right to honor, and Chapter 6 with the right to privacy and protection of personal information. This is exemplary legislation, in which the legislator exemplifies the basic types of personality rights that can be accepted and agreed upon, and then regulates other types of personality rights when subsequent amendments are made. Corresponding to this is the construction of the legal theory system of personality rights. For the construction of the theoretical system of personality rights law, Chinese scholars focus on the classification of personality rights research. In the view of Chinese scholars of personality rights law, as long as the classification of personality rights is clear, the theory system of personality rights can be constructed.