UID:
almafu_9960177717502883
Umfang:
1 online resource (257 p.)
ISBN:
1-4742-0240-3
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1-5099-0038-1
Inhalt:
"Human dignity is one of the most challenging and exciting ideas for lawyers and political philosophers in the twenty-first century. Even though it is rapidly emerging as a core concept across legal systems, and is the first foundational value of the European Union and its overarching human rights commitment under the Lisbon Treaty, human dignity is still little understood and often mistrusted. Based on extensive comparative and cross-disciplinary research, this path-breaking monograph provides an innovative and critical investigation of human dignity's origins, development and above all its potential at the heart of European constitutionalism today. Grounding its analysis in the connections among human dignity, human rights, constitutional law and democracy, this book argues that human dignity's varied and increasing uses point to a deep transformation of European constitutionalism. At its heart are the construction and protection of constitutional time, and the multi-dimensional definition of humanity as human beings, citizens and workers. Anchored in a detailed comparative study of case law, including the two European supranational courts and domestic constitutional courts, especially those of Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Hungary, this monograph argues for a new understanding of European constitutionalism as a form of humanism."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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1. Introduction -- I. The Rise of Dignity -- II. Positioning Human Dignity at the Heart of European Constitutionalism -- III. Human Dignity as a Constitutional Concept -- IV. The Age of Dignity -- 2. We are Not Born in Dignity -- I. Introduction -- II. Human Dignity as Ideal -- III. 1789: From Dignities to Dignity -- IV. Dignity as Humanity -- V. Conclusion -- 3. The Foundations of European Constitutionalism: 1949, 1989, 2009 -- I. Introduction -- II. Making Sense of the Past -- III. Human Dignity as Constitutional Foundation -- IV. Normative Definition of Human Dignity -- V. Conclusion -- 4. Human Dignity: A Judge-Made Concept -- I. Introduction -- II. Endorsing and Re-Activating the Foundational Promise -- III. Making Human Dignity European -- IV. The Essence of European Constitutionalism -- V. Conclusion -- 5. Hidden in Plain View: Workers' Human Dignity -- I. Introduction -- II. Workers are Human Beings -- III. Constructing Workers' Dignity: The EU Charter as a Basis -- IV. Workers' Dignity and Democracy -- V. Conclusion -- 6. Defining Dignity, Protecting Human Time -- I. Introduction -- II. Constitutional Time Overflows -- III. Human Dignity as Human Time -- IV. Protecting Human Time -- V. Conclusion -- 7. Re-Thinking European Constitutionalism: Dignity, Humanism, Democracy -- I. Introduction -- II. Constitutionalism as Humanism -- III. Dignity-Democracy -- IV. Conclusion -- 8. Conclusion
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Also issued in print.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-5099-2001-3
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-84946-103-1
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.5040/9781474202404