Dignity and Judicial Authority

While dignity is an established and prevalent topic in human rights discourse, the term's meaning as it pertains to law is nebulous. Dignity and Judicial Authority considers how courts can and should intervene on matters of dignity, exploring the subject from both philosophical and practical perspectives.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part I


• Chapter 1: Mapping Dignity


• Chapter 2: Relational Dignity


• Part II


• Chapter 3: Dignity and Constitutional Standing


• Chapter 4: Dignity and Tort Law


• Part III


• Chapter 5: Dignity and Judicial Relief


• Chapter 6: Dignity and Apology


• Conclusion

About the author

Rachel Bayefsky is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. Prior to joining the faculty, she clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court, and for federal appellate and trial courts. Bayefsky also taught at Harvard Law School as a Climenko Fellow and worked as a litigator in Washington, D.C. She earned her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal, and her D.Phil. from the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar.

Summary

While dignity is an established and prevalent topic in human rights discourse, the term's meaning as it pertains to law is nebulous. Dignity and Judicial Authority considers how courts can and should intervene on matters of dignity, exploring the subject from both philosophical and practical perspectives.

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Bayefsky, Rachel (Associate Professor of Law Bayefsky
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2024
• EAN: 9780197750322
• ISBN: 978-0-19-775032-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Theoretical Perspectives in Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Courts, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Civil Rights, LAW / Trial Practice, Jurisprudence & general issues, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Jurisprudence and general issues, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Constitution, Constitutional & administrative law