How dignity was introduced into the law and what dignity contributed to the law
The exact content of the relation between dignity and law has not been fully clarified yet. We only know that, although it has been used since antiquity, the notion entered international legislation and national constitutions only after WWII. Since then, the law uses the term, but it does not define...
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Bucharest University of Economic Studies
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| description | The exact content of the relation between dignity and law has not been fully clarified yet. We only know that, although it has been used since antiquity, the notion entered international legislation and national constitutions only after WWII. Since then, the law uses the term, but it does not define it. Under the circumstances, can we talk about a legal concept? Is dignity a means or a purpose to law? Which is its relation with the fundamental human rights? Is it a right among others, or a basic ground for all of them? Here are a few questions to which the present article is trying to provide some answers… |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea01bb20b57d4f058c5d6ebd1faf6c822024-04-08T07:42:59ZengBucharest University of Economic StudiesJuridical Tribune2247-71952248-03822012-06-0121155161How dignity was introduced into the law and what dignity contributed to the lawCristina SÂMBOANThe exact content of the relation between dignity and law has not been fully clarified yet. We only know that, although it has been used since antiquity, the notion entered international legislation and national constitutions only after WWII. Since then, the law uses the term, but it does not define it. Under the circumstances, can we talk about a legal concept? Is dignity a means or a purpose to law? Which is its relation with the fundamental human rights? Is it a right among others, or a basic ground for all of them? Here are a few questions to which the present article is trying to provide some answers…http://www.tribunajuridica.eu/arhiva/An2v1/nr1/art5_en.pdfdignitylawfundamental rightsnatural lawabuse of right |
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