Human Dignity and the Law
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Human Dignity and the Law

A Personalist Theory

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Human Dignity and the Law

A Personalist Theory

About this book

This book reassesses the relationship between human dignity, law, and specifically the 'personalist' school of agency. The work argues that a specific way of appreciating dignity is contained in how law understands the person, and so can be used to improve upon how we explain and interpret the law. Despite considerable differences between jurisdictions as regards human dignity in application, it is argued that the particular weight of human persons is the widely shared focal point. The central claim, therefore, is that the law recognises, and tries to foster, the status of personhood, and, drawing on the work of Karol Wojty?a, the author develops a 'Status of Personhood Theory'. The book will be of interest to academics and researchers working in the areas of Legal Philosophy, Jurisprudence, Philosophy, Ethics and Political Theory.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781032180755
eBook ISBN
9781000631043
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Jurisprudence
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Outline
  11. 1 Methodological credentials of human dignity in the law
  12. 2 Philosophy: the personalist conception of human action and affirmation proper to persons
  13. 3 Law: the status of personhood and the dignitarian moment
  14. 4 Politics: institutions and the status of personhood
  15. Conclusion
  16. Information on the Alexis de Tocqueville Centre of Political and Legal Thought
  17. Index