Daly Dignity Rights

Courts, Constitutions, and the Worth of the Human Person
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-8122-0727-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, EPUB

Reihe: Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism

With cases from around the world on a wide range of subjects including prison conditions, employment, sexuality, reputation, and death, this ground-breaking book examines how judicial interpretations of dignity redefine what it means to be human in the modern world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daly, Erin

Weitere Mitwirkende

Barak, Aharon

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
—Aharon Barak

Introduction
Chapter 1. "Of All Members of the Human Family"
Chapter 2. "Not . . . a Mere Plaything"
Chapter 3. "The Minimum Necessities of Life"
Chapter 4. "Master of One's Fate"
Chapter 5. "What Respect Is Due"
Chapter 6. "The Beginning and the End of the State"

Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

Über Autor(innen)

Erin Daly is Professor of Law and H. Albert Young Fellow in Constitutional Law at Widener University School of Law. She is coauthor (with Jeremy Sarkin) of Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Finding Common Ground, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Aharon Barak is a former President of the Supreme Court of Israel and author of several books, including The Judge in Democracy.