Literature as Human Dignity: The Constitutional Court’s Misguided Ban of the Novel Esra, in Human Dignity in Context (Dieter Grimm et al. eds., 2018)

Literature as Human Dignity: The Constitutional Court’s Misguided Ban of the Novel Esra, in Human Dignity in Context (Dieter Grimm et al. eds., 2018)

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Human dignity is the key term that the Universal Declaration on Human Rights placed at the center of legal discourse on a global level. The Universal Declaration inspired the subsequent use of dignity in domestic constitutional documents as well as in international and regional human rights texts. In 1949, Germany incorporated the concept of human dignity in its Basic law, placing it at the core of the constitutional document and this reference has probably become the most influential national constitutional reference to human dignity. Article 1 para. 1 of the Basic Law provides that '[t]he dignity of man is inviolable. To respect and to protect it shall be the duty of all public authority.' This book provides a contextual analysis of human dignity, exploring its legal and political implications and reflecting current debates on human dignity in multiple disciplinary fields. Following an introduction by the editors, the book is divided into three parts: foundations, developments, variations and rounded off with a conclusion by a distinguished comparative constitutionalist that puts the preceding discussions into perspective.

ISBN

9781782256212

Publication Date

2018

Publisher

Nomos/Hart

Disciplines

Comparative and Foreign Law | Constitutional Law | European Law | Human Rights Law | Law

Literature as Human Dignity: The Constitutional Court’s Misguided Ban of the Novel Esra, in Human Dignity in Context (Dieter Grimm et al. eds., 2018)

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