UID:
almafu_9960117120002883
Format:
1 online resource (xxxviii, 360 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-316-23531-9
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1-316-23720-6
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1-316-10632-2
Uniform Title:
Kevod ha-adam.
Content:
Human dignity is now a central feature of many modern constitutions and international documents. As a constitutional value, human dignity involves a person's free will, autonomy, and ability to write a life story within the framework of society. As a constitutional right, it gives full expression to the value of human dignity, subject to the specific demands of constitutional architecture. This analytical study of human dignity as both a constitutional value and a constitutional right adopts a legal-interpretive perspective. It explores the sources of human dignity as a legal concept, its role in constitutional documents, its content, and its scope. The analysis is augmented by examples from comparative legal experience, including chapters devoted to the role of human dignity in American, Canadian, German, South African, and Israeli constitutional law.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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The various aspects of human dignity -- The intellectual history of the social value of human dignity -- Human dignity as a value and as a right in international documents -- Human dignity as a value and as a right in constitutions -- Purposive constitutional interpretation -- The role of human dignity as a constitutional value -- Three types of model for determining the content of the constitutional value of human dignity -- Recognition of the constitutional right to human dignity and its content -- Human dignity as a framework right (mother-right) -- The area covered by the right to human dignity -- Human dignity in American constitutional law -- Human dignity in Canadian constitutional law -- Human dignity in German constitutional law -- Human dignity in South African constitutional law -- Human dignity in Israeli constitutional law.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-46206-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-09023-7
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316106327
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