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The age of dignity : human rights and constitutionalism in Europe /

"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 rig...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dupré, Catherine, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Short Table of Contents
  • Full Table of Contents
  • Table of Cases
  • 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
  • Bibliography
  • Index