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Here, There And Everywhere: Human Dignity In Contemporary Law And In The Transnational Discourse, Luis Roberto Barroso
Here, There And Everywhere: Human Dignity In Contemporary Law And In The Transnational Discourse, Luis Roberto Barroso
Luis Roberto Barroso Professor
ABSTRACT: Over the past several decades, human dignity has become an omnipresent idea in contemporary law. This Article surveys the use of human dignity by domestic and international courts and describes the concept’s growing role in transnational discourse, with special attention paid to the case law of the United States Supreme Court. The Article then examines the legal nature of human dignity, finding it to be a constitutional principle rather than a freestanding fundamental right, and develops a unifying and universal identity for the concept. At its core, human dignity contains three elements - intrinsic value, autonomy and community value …
''Here, There And Everywhere'': Human Dignity In Contemporary Law And In The Transnational Discourse, Luis Roberto Barroso
''Here, There And Everywhere'': Human Dignity In Contemporary Law And In The Transnational Discourse, Luis Roberto Barroso
Luis Roberto Barroso Professor
ABSTRACT: Over the past several decades, human dignity has become an omnipresent idea in contemporary law. This Article surveys the use of human dignity by domestic and international courts and describes the concept’s growing role in transnational discourse, with special attention paid to the case law of the United States Supreme Court. The Article then examines the legal nature of human dignity, finding it to be a constitutional principle rather than a freestanding fundamental right, and develops a unifying and universal identity for the concept. At its core, human dignity contains three elements - intrinsic value, autonomy and community value …
''Here, There And Everywhere'': Human Dignity In Contemporary Law And In The Transnational Discourse, Luis Roberto Barroso
''Here, There And Everywhere'': Human Dignity In Contemporary Law And In The Transnational Discourse, Luis Roberto Barroso
Luis Roberto Barroso Professor
ABSTRACT: Over the past several decades, human dignity has become an omnipresent idea in contemporary law. This Article surveys the use of human dignity by domestic and international courts and describes the concept’s growing role in transnational discourse, with special attention paid to the case law of the United States Supreme Court. The Article then examines the legal nature of human dignity, finding it to be a constitutional principle rather than a freestanding fundamental right, and develops a unifying and universal identity for the concept. At its core, human dignity contains three elements - intrinsic value, autonomy and community value …
''Here, There And Everywhere'': Human Dignity In Contemporary Law And In The Transnational Discourse, Luis Roberto Barroso
''Here, There And Everywhere'': Human Dignity In Contemporary Law And In The Transnational Discourse, Luis Roberto Barroso
Luis Roberto Barroso Professor
ABSTRACT: Over the past several decades, human dignity has become an omnipresent idea in contemporary law. This Article surveys the use of human dignity by domestic and international courts and describes the concept’s growing role in transnational discourse, with special attention paid to the case law of the United States Supreme Court. The Article then examines the legal nature of human dignity, finding it to be a constitutional principle rather than a freestanding fundamental right, and develops a unifying and universal identity for the concept. At its core, human dignity contains three elements - intrinsic value, autonomy and community value …
''Here, There And Everywhere'': Human Dignity In Contemporary Law And In The Transnational Discourse, Luis Roberto Barroso
''Here, There And Everywhere'': Human Dignity In Contemporary Law And In The Transnational Discourse, Luis Roberto Barroso
Luis Roberto Barroso Professor
ABSTRACT: Over the past several decades, human dignity has become an omnipresent idea in contemporary law. This Article surveys the use of human dignity by domestic and international courts and describes the concept’s growing role in transnational discourse, with special attention paid to the case law of the United States Supreme Court. The Article then examines the legal nature of human dignity, finding it to be a constitutional principle rather than a freestanding fundamental right, and develops a unifying and universal identity for the concept. At its core, human dignity contains three elements - intrinsic value, autonomy and community value …
''Here, There And Everywhere'': Human Dignity In Contemporary Law And In The Transnational Discourse, Luis Roberto Barroso Professor
''Here, There And Everywhere'': Human Dignity In Contemporary Law And In The Transnational Discourse, Luis Roberto Barroso Professor
Luis Roberto Barroso Professor
ABSTRACT: Over the past several decades, human dignity has become an omnipresent idea in contemporary law. This Article surveys the use of human dignity by domestic and international courts and describes the concept’s growing role in transnational discourse, with special attention paid to the case law of the United States Supreme Court. The Article then examines the legal nature of human dignity, finding it to be a constitutional principle rather than a freestanding fundamental right, and develops a unifying and universal identity for the concept. At its core, human dignity contains three elements - intrinsic value, autonomy and community value …