The Constitution of Rights : Human Dignity and American Values / William A. Parent, Michael J. Meyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meyer, Michael J., Editor.

Parent, William A., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human Rights.

Local Subjects:

Human Rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this collection of original papers, twelve distinguished philosophers and legal thinkers focus on the relationship between our constitutional rights and human dignity. Marking the 1991 bicentennial of the Bill of Rights and honoring Associate Justice William Brennan, Jr., they seek to sharpen our sense of what is meant by human dignity as they explore the role of the concept in constitutional decision making.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Meyer, Michael J.

1. Human Dignity as the Basis of Rights / Gewirth, Alan

2. Dignity, Worth, and Rights / Melden, A. I.

3. Constitutional Values and Human Dignity / Parent, William A.

4. Constitutional Liberty, Dignity, and Reasonable Justification / Richards, David A. J.

5. Dignity, Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment / Boxill, Bernard R.

6. Equality and the Bill of Rights / Minow, Martha

7. Justice Brennan, "Human Dignity," and Constitutional Interpretation / Berger, Raoul

8. The Eighth Amendment, Human Dignity, and the Death Penalty / Bedau, Hugo Adam

9. Speaking of Dignity / Schauer, Frederick

10. The Right to Silence and Human Dignity / Greenawalt, R. Kent

11. Human Dignity and Constitutional Rights / Henkin, Louis

12. The Other Goldberg / Fiss, Owen M.

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3721-X

OCLC:

1143825164