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Sebastian Hartwig

Recht oder Rhetorik?

Der Begriff der Würde im verfassungsrechtlichen Diskurs der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika
[Dignity between Law and Rhetoric? The Concept of Dignity in the Constitutional Discourse of the United States of America.]
2023. XI, 441 pages.
DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-161847-5
Published in German.
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Summary
On both sides of the Atlantic, the term dignity is frequently characterized as being a particularly European one rather than an American concept for matters of constitutional reasoning. But is this assumption accurate? In his study, Sebastian Hartwig tracks the usage of dignity in the American constitutional discourse from the American Revolution up until the present day – with often surprising results.

Beiträge zu normativen Grundlagen der Gesellschaft (BnGG)