Recht oder Rhetorik?

Der Begriff der Wurde im verfassungsrechtlichen Diskurs der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika

by Sebastian Hartwig

Book cover: Recht oder Rhetorik?

Extent: 452 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Law, Philosophy, Social Sciences 

Series: Beiträge zu normativen Grundlagen der Gesellschaft

Series volume number: 12

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(June 2023)

ISBN: 9783161618468

9.09 x 6.06 inches

Price: $155.00

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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. Hartwig tracks the usage of dignity in the American constitutional discourse from the American Revolution up until the present day.


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.

  • By (author) Sebastian Hartwig