The Constitution of Rights : : Human Dignity and American Values / / ed. by Michael J. Meyer, William A. Parent.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Bedau, Hugo Adam,; Berger, Raoul,; Boxill, Bernard R.,; Fiss, Owen M.,; Gewirth, Alan,; Greenawalt, R. Kent,; Henkin, Louis,; Melden, A. I.,; Meyer, Michael J.,; Minow, Martha,; Parent, William A.,; Richards, David A. J.,; Schauer, Frederick,
• HerausgeberIn: Meyer, Michael J.,; Parent, William A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1992
• 出版年: 2019
• 言語: English
• 物理的記述: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Human Dignity as the Basis of Rights --; 2. Dignity, Worth, and Rights --; 3. Constitutional Values and Human Dignity --; 4. Constitutional Liberty, Dignity, and Reasonable Justification --; 5. Dignity, Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment --; 6. Equality and the Bill of Rights --; 7. Justice Brennan, “Human Dignity,” and Constitutional Interpretation --; 8. The Eighth Amendment, Human Dignity, and the Death Penalty --; 9. Speaking of Dignity --; 10. The Right to Silence and Human Dignity --; 11. Human Dignity and Constitutional Rights --; 12. The Other Goldberg --; Contributors --; Index
• 要約: In this collection of original papers, twelve distinguished philosophers and legal thinkers focus on the relationship between our constitutional rights and human dignity. Marking the 1991 bicentennial of the Bill of Rights and honoring Associate Justice William Brennan, Jr., they seek to sharpen our sense of what is meant by human dignity as they explore the role of the concept in constitutional decision making.
• フォーマット: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501737213; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501737213
• アクセス: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Michael J. Meyer, William A. Parent.

In this collection of original papers, twelve distinguished philosophers and legal thinkers focus on the relationship between our constitutional rights and human dignity. Marking the 1991 bicentennial of the Bill of Rights and honoring Associate Justice William Brennan, Jr., they seek to sharpen our...