Human dignity : (Record no. 373865)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781107462069 (paperback)
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International Standard Book Number 1107462061 (paperback)
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International Standard Book Number 9781107090231 (hardback)
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International Standard Book Number 1107090237 (hardback)
041 1# - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 342.569
Item number BAR.H
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Barak, Aharon
240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Kevod ha-adam.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Human dignity :
Remainder of title the constitutional value and the constitutional right /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Aharon Barak ; translated from the Hebrew by Daniel Kayros.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. UK,
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Cambridge,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2015.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxxviii, 360 pages ;
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-346) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The various aspects of human dignity -- The intellectual history of the social value of human dignity -- Human dignity as a value and as a right in international documents -- Human dignity as a value and as a right in constitutions -- Purposive constitutional interpretation -- The role of human dignity as a constitutional value -- Three types of model for determining the content of the constitutional value of human dignity -- Recognition of the constitutional right to human dignity and its content -- Human dignity as a framework right (mother-right) -- The area covered by the right to human dignity -- Human dignity in American constitutional law -- Human dignity in Canadian constitutional law -- Human dignity in German constitutional law -- Human dignity in South African constitutional law -- Human dignity in Israeli constitutional law.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "The concept of human dignity has a 2500 year history. As it moved through history, the concept was been influenced by different religions which held it as an important component of their theological approach. It was also influenced by the views of philosophers who developed human dignity in their contemplations. In the 20th century, the concept encountered a new phenomenon. The atrocities of the Second World War, and particularly the Holocaust of the Jewish people, brought human dignity into the forefront of legal discourse. As a result, constitutional and international legal texts began to adopt the concept, and jurists appeared alongside the theologians and the philosophers. Legal scholars were called upon to determine the theoretical basis of human dignity as a constitutional value and as a constitutional right. Judges were required to solve practical problems created by the constitutionalization of human dignity, as a value or as a right"--
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Respect for persons
Geographic subdivision Israel.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Human rights
Geographic subdivision Israel.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Respect for persons
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Human rights.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights.
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        Dept. of Law Dept. of Law Processing Center 04/12/2019   342.569 BAR.H LAW4865 04/12/2019 04/12/2019 Book