Understanding human dignity and its role in the process of lawmaking and applying the law. A proposal for a compliance test of legal regulations with the principle of human dignity Cover Image

Rozumienie godności człowieka i jej znaczenie w procesie stanowienia i stosowania prawa. Propozycja testu zgodności regulacji prawnych z zasadą godności człowieka
Understanding human dignity and its role in the process of lawmaking and applying the law. A proposal for a compliance test of legal regulations with the principle of human dignity

Author(s): Sebastian Zieliński
Subject(s): Politics, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Philosophy of Law, Sociology of Law
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: human dignity; statutory interpretation of the Constitution; constitutional principles; Constitutional Court judicature; Supreme Court judicature;

Summary/Abstract: In the Preamble of Constitution of the Republic of Poland the inherent dignity of the person is a value that limits application of all norms, including the constitutional ones. Human dignity referred to therein is dignity of a human being — the core of humanity present in any person, inherent, inalienable and inviolable. The article presents the interpretation of the notion of “human dignity” in the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Tribunal and the Supreme Court. In the conclusion, the author proposes a compliance test for the existent and draft legal regulations with the constitutional principle of human dignity.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 107-127
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish