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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©1992Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781501737213
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Human Dignity as the Basis of Rights -- 2. Dignity, Worth, and Rights -- 3. Constitutional Values and Human Dignity -- 4. Constitutional Liberty, Dignity, and Reasonable Justification -- 5. Dignity, Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment -- 6. Equality and the Bill of Rights -- 7. Justice Brennan, “Human Dignity,” and Constitutional Interpretation -- 8. The Eighth Amendment, Human Dignity, and the Death Penalty -- 9. Speaking of Dignity -- 10. The Right to Silence and Human Dignity -- 11. Human Dignity and Constitutional Rights -- 12. The Other Goldberg -- Contributors -- Index
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.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Human Dignity as the Basis of Rights -- 2. Dignity, Worth, and Rights -- 3. Constitutional Values and Human Dignity -- 4. Constitutional Liberty, Dignity, and Reasonable Justification -- 5. Dignity, Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment -- 6. Equality and the Bill of Rights -- 7. Justice Brennan, “Human Dignity,” and Constitutional Interpretation -- 8. The Eighth Amendment, Human Dignity, and the Death Penalty -- 9. Speaking of Dignity -- 10. The Right to Silence and Human Dignity -- 11. Human Dignity and Constitutional Rights -- 12. The Other Goldberg -- Contributors -- Index

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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