Handbook of Human Dignity in Europe

1003 Pages·2019·10.912 MB·English

by  Paolo Becchi, Klaus Mathis

Paolo Becchi
Klaus Mathis
Editors
Handbook of
Human
Dignity in
Europe
Handbook of Human Dignity in Europe
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Paolo Becchi Klaus Mathis
Editors
Handbook of Human
Dignity in Europe
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Editors
PaoloBecchi KlausMathis
FacultyofLaw FacultyofLaw
UniversityofGenoa UniversityofLucerne
Genoa,Italy Lucerne,Switzerland
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Preface
Human dignity can lay claim to a long tradition as a religious and philosophical
concept,butonlyinrecenttimeshasittakenshapeasalegalconcept.Thearrivalof
dignitasininternationallawwasincitedbytheatrocitiesoftheSecondWorldWar.It
wasinresponsetothesethattheUnitedNations,in1948,proclaimedtheUniversal
DeclarationofHumanRights,whichstatesinitsfirstArticlethat“allhumanbeings
arebornfreeandequalindignityandrights”.In1949,theconceptwasanchoredon
thenationallevelforthefirsttimeinArticle1Section1oftheGermanBasicLaw
and, as that examplewas followed, graduallygained prevalence inother European
countries.
Muchhasalreadybeenwrittenabouthumandignity,butwhathasbeenmissing
untilnowisasystematicworkwhichsetsouttoanalysethisconceptinthelawofthe
individualcountriesofEurope.Thepresentvolumeattemptstofillthisgapbytaking
a detailed look at each country’s constitution, legislation and jurisprudence. In
addition, it also examines the significance of human dignity in the law of the
European Union and in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The
chapters are preceded by an extensive introduction which brings to the fore the
essentialaspectsofhumandignity.
We are grateful to all those who played a part in the realization of this volume.
First and foremost we thank the authors for contributing their chapters. Special
thanks are also due to Mike Bacher, Steven Gründel, Lynn Gummow, Gareth
Hunt, Niels Röthlin, Roman Schmid and Julia Wetzel for the copy-editing and
formatting of the texts. Finally, we would like to express our gratitude to Daniela
Heller, Kate Emery and Rebecca Urban of Springer publishing house for their
supportduringthepublicationprocess.
GenoaandLucerne PaoloBecchi
2019 KlausMathis
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Contents
HumanDignityinEurope:Introduction ........................ 1
PaoloBecchi
HumanDignityinAlbania ................................... 37
ArtaVorpsi
HumanDignityinAndorra .................................. 63
PaoloBecchi
HumanDignityinAustria ................................... 71
AnnaGamper
HumanDignityinBelgium ................................... 93
KoenLemmens
HumanDignityinBosniaandHerzegovina ...................... 113
DamirBanović
HumanDignityinBulgaria .................................. 129
MartinBelov
HumanDignityinCroatia ................................... 151
BiljanaKostadinov
HumanDignityinCyprus ................................... 173
CharisPapacharalambous
HumanDignityintheCzechRepublic .......................... 197
JaroslavBenák,LadislavVyhnánek,andDavidZahumenský
HumanDignityinDenmark .................................. 211
AntoniAbatNinet
HumanDignityinEstonia ................................... 229
TanelKerikmäeandKristiJoamets
HumanDignityinFinland ................................... 245
TuomasOjanen
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HumanDignityinFrance .................................... 259
RégisLanneau
HumanDignityinGermany .................................. 281
ChristophEnders
HumanDignityinGreatBritainandNorthernIreland ............ 319
DanielBedford
HumanDignityinGreece .................................... 363
IoannisA.Tassopoulos
HumanDignityinHungary .................................. 393
GergelyDeliandIstvánKukorelli
HumanDignityinIceland ................................... 415
RagnhildurHelgadóttir
HumanDignityinIreland ................................... 431
ElaineDewhurst
HumanDignityinItaly ...................................... 453
PaoloBecchi
HumanDignityinKosovo ................................... 471
QerimQerimiandIlirDugolli
HumanDignityinLatvia .................................... 479
DitaPlepaandJānisPleps
HumanDignityinLiechtenstein ............................... 505
CyrusBeck
HumanDignityinLithuania ................................. 525
DarijusBeinoravičiusandMildaVainiute_
HumanDignityinLuxembourg ............................... 539
JörgGerkrathandMariaPichou
HumanDignityinMalta .................................... 573
DavidEdwardZammitandMaryMuscat
HumanDignityinMonaco ................................... 605
RégisLanneau
HumanDignityinMontenegro ................................ 617
DuškaFraneta
HumanDignityintheNetherlands ............................. 643
Jan-PeterLoof
HumanDignityinNorthMacedonia ........................... 667
RenataTreneska-Deskoska
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HumanDignityinNorway ................................... 683
DinaLupinTownsend
HumanDignityinPoland .................................... 697
MartaSoniewickaandJustynaHolocher
HumanDignityinPortugal .................................. 719
JoãoCarlosLoureiro
HumanDignityinRomania .................................. 745
MariaLiaPop
HumanDignityinSanMarino ................................ 771
TaniaCucè
HumanDignityinSerbia .................................... 779
DuškaFraneta
HumanDignityinSlovakia .................................. 799
Tomᚼalík
HumanDignityinSlovenia ................................... 817
SebastianNerad
HumanDignityinSpain ..................................... 851
AlbertoOehling
HumanDignityinSweden ................................... 869
MonaHaghgouStrindberg
HumanDignityinSwitzerland ................................ 883
KlausMathisandBalzHammer
HumanDignityintheVaticanCity ............................ 933
VincenzoPacilloandEmiliaLazzarini
HumanDignityintheEU .................................... 943
SebastianHeselhaus
HumanDignityandtheEuropeanConventiononHumanRights .... 969
SebastianHeselhausandRalphHemsley
Index .................................................... 993
About the Editors
Paolo Becchi isfull professorofPhilosophy ofLawat
theUniversityofGenoa(Italy),whereheteachesPrac-
ticalPhilosophyandBiolaw.Forseveralyearshetaught
PhilosophyofLawandPoliticalPhilosophyattheUni-
versity of Lucerne (Switzerland). He was awarded an
honorary degree (Doctor honoris causa in Law) by the
Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest. His particular
fields of expertise are Philosophy of Law, History of
Law,PoliticalPhilosophy,andBioethics.
Klaus Mathis is full professor of Public Law, Law of
theSustainableEconomy,andPhilosophyofLawatthe
University of Lucerne. He is the co-founder of the
Center for Law and Sustainability (CLS) and Director
oftheInstituteforResearchintheFundamentsofLaw–
lucernaiuris. His particular fields of expertise are Con-
stitutional Law, Law and Economics, Law of Sustain-
ableDevelopment,andPhilosophyofLaw.
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Contributors
Damir Banović Department for State and International Public Law, University of
Sarajevo(LawFaculty),Sarajevo,CantonSarajevo,BosniaandHerzegovina
PaoloBecchi FacultyofLaw,UniversityofGenoa,Genoa,Italy
CyrusBeck Triesenberg,Liechtenstein
DanielBedford UniversityofPortsmouth,Portsmouth,UK
Darijus Beinoravičius Faculty of Law, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius,
Lithuania
Martin Belov Faculty of Law, University of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia,
Bulgaria
JaroslavBenák DepartmentofConstitutionalLawandPoliticalScience/Facultyof
Law,MasarykUniversity,Brno,CzechRepublic
TaniaCucè UniversityofLucerne,Lucerne,Switzerland
GergelyDeli SzéchenyiIstvánUniversity,Győr,Hungary
ElaineDewhurst SchoolofLaw,UniversityofManchester,Manchester,UK
IlirDugolli EmbassyoftheRepublicofKosovoinStockholm,Stockholm,Sweden
ChristophEnders FacultyofLaw,LeipzigUniversity,Leipzig,Germany
Duška Franeta Faculty of Law and Business Studies Dr Lazar Vrkatić, Union
University,NoviSad,Serbia
Anna Gamper Institut für Öffentliches Recht, Staats- und Verwaltungslehre,
UniversitätInnsbruck,Innsbruck,Austria
Jörg Gerkrath Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of Luxem-
bourg,Luxembourg,Luxembourg
MonaHaghgouStrindberg PrioAdvokatbyrå,Stockholm,Sweden
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