Tutela de los menores de edad y libertad de prensa en Francia: El caso de las bandes dessinées

Abstract

The French comic-books have a long tradition, but as they are mainly addressed to youth people, they are subjected to a State control. This control is in the hands of a Commission (Commission de surveillance et de contrôle des publications destinées à l'enfance et à l'adolescence) which checks those publications addressed to children and adolescents. Its finality is to protect the youth people from moral corruption. This Commission was created by the Act of 16^th June 1949, which was passed in a situation of hostility to the foreign comic-books. This Act establishes important limitations to the Freedom of the Press.