%0 Journal Article
%T Wolność w mediach – jej gwarancje i ograniczenia w polskim systemie prawnym
%A Polaczek-Bigaj, Marta
%J Zeszyty Prasoznawcze
%V 2017
%R 10.4467/22996362PZ.17.011.6777
%N Tom 60, Numer 1 (229)
%P 137-154
%K freedom of media, freedom of speech, press, constitution, limitations of freedom
%@ 0555-0025
%D 2017
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/artykul/wolnosc-w-mediach-jej-gwarancje-i-ograniczenia-w-polskim-systemie-prawnym
%X 
	The freedom of an individual ends where the freedom of the other person begins

	This concept is especially important in the area of mass media. The author undertook an analysis of the assertion of the principle of freedom of speech and the freedom of the media in the Polish legal system, based on both international law and internal legislation based on the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. Further considerations have led to the conclusion that the natural situation is that in a democratic system, laws and freedoms cannot be absolute, so all legal acts, beginning from the highest placed international agreements, provide for various types of restrictions and exceptions, even to such overriding principles as freedom of speech. The author, apart from analyzing the legal status of these restrictions, also proves that besides the law, the boundaries of freedom are also determined by conscience, morality and ethical principles.