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Human dignity : the constitutional value and the constitutional right /

"The concept of human dignity has a 2500 year history. As it moved through history, the concept was been influenced by different religions which held it as an important component of their theological approach. It was also influenced by the views of philosophers who developed human dignity in th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barak, Aharon
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: UK, Cambridge, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.