Dimensions of dignity : the theory and practice of modern constitutional law / Jacob Weinrib.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinrib, Jacob, 1982- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in constitutional law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Respect for persons--Law and legislation.

Respect for persons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 299 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

In an age of constitutional revolutions and reforms, theory and practice are moving in opposite directions. As a matter of constitutional practice, human dignity has emerged in jurisdictions around the world as the organizing idea of a groundbreaking paradigm. By reconfiguring constitutional norms, institutional structures and legal doctrines, this paradigm transforms human dignity from a mere moral claim into a legal norm that persons have standing to vindicate. As a matter of constitutional theory, however, human dignity remains an enigmatic idea. Some explicate its meaning in abstraction from constitutional practice, while others confine themselves to less exalted ideas. The result is a chasm that separates constitutional practice from a theory capable of justifying its innovations and guiding its operation. By expounding the connection between human dignity and the constitutional practices that justify themselves in its light, Jacob Weinrib brings the theory and practice of constitutional law back together.

Contents:

Human dignity and public law

Authority, justice, and public law

Public authority and private violence

Towards public justice

The modern constitutional state

Constitutional reform

The moral structure of proportionality

Conclusion : public law in postwar theory and practice.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Sep 2016).

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ISBN:

9781316026663

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