Human dignity :: the constitutional value and the constitutional right /: Aharon Barak ; translated from the Hebrew by Daniel Kayros.

Name: Human dignity : the constitutional value and the constitutional right / Aharon Barak ; translated from the Hebrew by Daniel Kayros.
ISBN: 9781316106327

Barak, Aharon,; Kayros, Daniel,

Human dignity : the constitutional value and the constitutional right / Aharon Barak ; translated from the Hebrew by Daniel Kayros.

Barak, Aharon, author.; Kayros, Daniel, translator.

2015

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Author

Barak, Aharon, author.

Uniform Title

Kevod ha-adam. English

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Human dignity : the constitutional value and the constitutional right / Aharon Barak ; translated from the Hebrew by Daniel Kayros.

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Kayros, Daniel, translator.

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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1 online resource (xxxviii, 360 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

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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.

Summary

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.

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English