Dignity

Human Dignity in Jewish Law

Imago Dei (the biblical notion of man being created in God’s image) is a central notion in the Jewish Tradition. The importance of Imago Dei within classical Judaism is due, not only to its centrality as a theological conception, but also to its normative-legal (i.e. halakhic) implications and ramifications, among them criminal law, torts, family law. This section will focus on the Book of Genesis, Talmudic literature, and the philosophical and legal writings of Maimonides to elucidate the meaning given to this idea and emphasizes application in different areas of the Law.

Dignity of Man

Dignity of Man in Constitutional Law

From the Comparative Constitutions Project: Dignity refers to the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect, so the dignity of man means the ability of individuals to be able to gain and sustain a particulary status or level of respect.

Dignity

Embracing mainstream international law, this section on dignity explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.

Resources

Further Reading

• The entry “dignity” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press