Human Dignity and Law - Legal and Philosophical Investigations

This book is a rethinking of human dignity in relation to our principles of social governance. The result is a revisionist account of human dignity and law, one focused less on the use of human dignity in our regulations and more on its constitutive implications for the governance of the public realm.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Outline

Part I

Chapter 1 Human Dignity and Law

Chapter 2 Human Dignity as Status

Chapter 3 Human Dignity, Justice, and Institutions

Part II

Chapter 4 International Law

Chapter 5 Transnational Law

Chapter 6 Public Law

About the author

Dr Stephen Riley is a lecturer in the Law School of the University of Leicester, UK. He has previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy at Utrecht University.

Summary

This book is a rethinking of human dignity in relation to our principles of social governance. The result is a revisionist account of human dignity and law, one focused less on the use of human dignity in our regulations and more on its constitutive implications for the governance of the public realm.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Riley, Riley Stephen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367885854
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88585-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Comparative, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, comparative law, Social Law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Jurisprudence and general issues, Constitution, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Social law and Medical law