Human Dignity: The Constitutional Value and the Constitutional Right
Human Dignity: The Constitutional Value and the Constitutional Right
This chapter draws the basic distinction between human dignity as a constitutional value and human dignity as a constitutional right. It describes the role and meaning of human dignity as an express or implied constitutional value. The chapter then focuses on the scope of the constitutional right to human dignity and the problem of partial overlap between the right to human dignity and other independent constitutional rights.
Keywords: Israel, human dignity as a constitutional right, human dignity as a constitutional value, constitutional interpretation, South Africa, Germany, Bills of Rights
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