How dignity was introduced into the law and what  dignity contributed to the law Cover Image

Cum a intrat demnitatea în drept şi ce a adus demnitatea dreptului
How dignity was introduced into the law and what dignity contributed to the law

Author(s): Cristina Sâmboan
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Societatea de Stiinte Juridice si Administrative
Keywords: dignity; law; fundamental rights; natural law; abuse of right

Summary/Abstract: The exact content of the relation between dignity and law has not been fully clarified yet. We only know that, although it has been used since antiquity, the notion entered international legislation and national constitutions only after WWII. Since then, the law uses the term, but it does not define it. Under the circumstances, can we talk about a legal concept? Is dignity a means or a purpose to law? Which is its relation with the fundamental human rights? Is it a right among others, or a basic ground for all of them? Here are a few questions to which the present article is trying to provide some answers…

  • Issue Year: 2/2012
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 155-161
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English