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Human Dignity as a Category pf Law

Author(s): Przemysław Wilczyński
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Sociology of Law, Administrative Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: dignity; human dignity; human rights; human freedoms

Summary/Abstract: The inherent and inalienable human dignity is treated by the legislator as an inviolable source of human and civil freedoms and rights, the respect and protection of which is the duty of public authorities. However, in the practice of creating and applying the law, human dignity understood in this way does not constitute a uniform category, which to a large extent seems to be caused by problems of a semantic nature. The article presents the issue of the legal category of human dignity in the Polish legal system. It reflects, among other things, on the philosophical foundation of human dignity and its inviolability. The article formulates a proposal to recognize the legal category of human dignity in two ways: as ontic dignity and as dignity recognized in a substantive legal manner.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: -
  • Page Range: 337-345
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish