The Making of Dignity and Human Rights in the Western Tradition - A Retrospective Analysis

The book describes in a retrospective way how dignity and human rights evolved. In doing so, the book is divided in three parts: human rights from present to early modern age, human dignity from present to Early modern age and dignity and human rights from present to future.
The book has been written in a way that might me appealing to graduate students, postgraduate students, researchers and even laymen who are interested in the making of dignity and human rights in the Western.

List of contents

From the present to the past of human rights: From human rights to natural rights.- Looking backwards on the notion of human dignity: From the Spanish 1978 Constitution to the discovery of America.- Looking forwards to the future of dignity and human rights: New generation rights.

Product details

• Authors: Aniceto Masferrer
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Original title: Dignidad y derechos humanos. Una análisis retrospectivo de su formación en la tradición occidental
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.12.2024
• EAN: 9783031466694
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3146669-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 11 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 321 g
• Illustrations: IX, 192 p.
• Series: Studies in the History of Law and Justice
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries