LEADER 03499nam 22005775 450 001 9910736016703321 005 20200704091133.0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-27830-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000001632588 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-27830-8 035 $a(PPN)24284135X 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001632588 100 $a20190617d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHandbook of Human Dignity in Europe$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Paolo Becchi, Klaus Mathis 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2020. 311 $a3-319-27830-4 330 $aThis handbook provides a systematic overview of the legal concept and the meaning of human dignity for each European state and the European Union. For each of these 43 countries and the EU, it scrutinizes three main aspects: the constitution, legislation, and application of law (court rulings). The book addresses and presents answers to important questions relating to the concept of human dignity. These questions include the following: What is the meaning of human dignity? What is the legal status of the respective human dignity norms? Are human dignity norms of a programmatic nature, or do they establish an individual right which can be invoked before court? Is human dignity inviolable? The volume answers these questions from the perspectives of all European countries. As a reaction to the barbaric events during World War II, human dignity (dignitas) found its way into international law. Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states that ?[a]ll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.? The starting point for developing the concept on a national level was the codification of human dignity in article 1, paragraph 1 of the German Grundgesetz. Consequently, the concept of human dignity spread throughout Europe and, in the context of human rights, became a fundamental legal concept. 606 $aLaw?Philosophy 606 $aLaw 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aConstitutional law 606 $aEthics 606 $aLaw?Europe 606 $aTheories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/R11011 606 $aPhilosophy of Law$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E27000 606 $aConstitutional Law$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/R17028 606 $aEthics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E14000 606 $aEuropean Law$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/R20000 615 0$aLaw?Philosophy. 615 0$aLaw. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aConstitutional law. 615 0$aEthics. 615 0$aLaw?Europe. 615 14$aTheories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Law. 615 24$aConstitutional Law. 615 24$aEthics. 615 24$aEuropean Law. 676 $a340.1 702 $aBecchi$b Paolo$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aMathis$b Klaus$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910736016703321 996 $aHandbook of Human Dignity in Europe$91745042 997 $aUNINA