DIGNITY UNDER LAW: A GLOBAL HANDBOOK FOR JURISTS

Dignity Rights International (2021)

69 Pages Posted: 17 Jan 2025

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James R. May

Washburn University - Washburn University School of Law; Widener University Delaware Law School; Haub School of Law at Pace University

Erin Daly

Widener University Delaware Law School

Date Written: June 22, 2021

Abstract

This Handbook provides advocates, lawyers, judges, and others with the tools they need to advance the dignity of all persons, including the most vulnerable among us. It shows that dignity is central and essential to law throughout the world. It shows that dignity rights – the rights that flow from the recognition of human dignity – are relevant to how people self-identify, to how they interact with others, to how they live day-to-day, and to how they participate in important decisions in their social and political communities. And it shows that human dignity is inalienable: all people are entitled to be treated with dignity, no matter what.

Keywords: Dignity Rights, Human Rights, International Law

Suggested Citation

May, James and Daly, Erin, DIGNITY UNDER LAW: A GLOBAL HANDBOOK FOR JURISTS (June 22, 2021). Dignity Rights International (2021), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5097191 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5097191

James May (Contact Author)

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Widener University Delaware Law School ( email )

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Haub School of Law at Pace University ( email )

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Erin Daly

Widener University Delaware Law School ( email )

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