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Dimensions of Dignity: The Theory and Practice of Modern Constitutional Law

Dimensions of Dignity: The Theory and Practice of Modern Constitutional Law

Name: Dimensions of Dignity: The Theory and Practice of Modern Constitutional Law
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107084285
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Author: Jacob Weinrib
ISBN: 9781107084285

By Jacob Weinrib

Cambridge University Press September 2016

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ISBN-13: 9781107084285
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: September 2016
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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In an age of constitutional revolutions and reforms, theory and practice are moving in opposite directions. As a matter of constitutional practice, human dignity has emerged in jurisdictions around the world as the organizing idea of a groundbreaking paradigm.

By reconfiguring constitutional norms, institutional structures and legal doctrines, this paradigm transforms human dignity from a mere moral claim into a legal norm that persons have standing to vindicate.

As a matter of constitutional theory, however, human dignity remains an enigmatic idea. Some explicate its meaning in abstraction from constitutional practice, while others confine themselves to less exalted ideas. The result is a chasm that separates constitutional practice from a theory capable of justifying its innovations and guiding its operation.

By expounding the connection between human dignity and the constitutional practices that justify themselves in its light, Jacob Weinrib brings the theory and practice of constitutional law back together.

1. Human dignity and public law

Part I. The Normative Dimension:

2. Authority, justice, and public law

3. Public authority and private violence

4. Towards public justice

Part II. The Constitutional Dimension:

5. The modern constitutional state

Part III. The Doctrinal Dimension

6. Constitutional reform

7. The moral structure of proportionality

Conclusion: public law in postwar theory and practice.

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