Human Dignity in Asia

ISBN-13: 9781108814331 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 405 str.

Opis

Interdisciplinary exploration of Asian understandings of human dignity and human rights in courts, religion, and socio-political changes.

Recenzje

'This book fills a significant gap in our understanding of dignity in Asian cultures. With in-depth country studies complemented by thematic investigations of dignity's religious and cultural significance across the region, this book is ambitious in scope and exceptionally well executed. By setting legal decisions and political reforms against the backdrop of cultural, economic, religious, and social traditions and shifts, Hsu and his contributors demonstrate that human dignity has been and continues to be a central tenet of legal culture throughout Asia. This is essential reading for anyone interested in how the law reflects and protects human dignity.' Erin Daly, author of Dignity Rights: Courts, Constitutions, and the Worth of the Human Person (2020); Professor of Law, Delaware Law School, Widener University

Spis treści

Introduction. Human dignity, human rights, and cultural change in Asia Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu; 1. Human dignity in Indian constitutional adjudication Pritam Baruah; 2. The development of individual dignity in Japan: Overcoming constraints in law, family and society Keigo Obayashi; 3. Constitutional discourse on human dignity in South Korea: A critical appraisal Chaihark Hahm; 4. Human dignity in the jurisprudence of the Taiwan constitutional court Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu; 5. The dignity Factor: Interpreting the Philippine constitution J. R. Robert Real; 6. Human dignity in the jurisprudence of the Indonesian constitutional court Nadirsyah Hosen; 7. Dignity as a constitutional value in Hong Kong: Toward a contextual approach? Kelley Loper; 8. Human dignity and relational constitutionalism in Singapore Li-ann Thio; 9. Personal dignity under Chinese constitutional law Xiaobo Zhai; 10. Virtue, dignity, and constitutional democracy: A Confucian perspective Sungmoon Kim; 11. Buddhist philosophical approaches to human dignity Anton Sevilla-Liu; 12. Dignity and status in ancient and medieval India Timothy Lubin; 13. Human dignity, Pancasila, and Islam: contexts and contestations in Indonesia Etin Anwar; 14. Catholicism and human dignity in the Philippines Jonathan T. Chow; 15. Protestantism and human dignity in South Korea JinHyok Kim; Index.