The genesis of this truly remarkable collection of essays and papers ... [draws] together a stellar, multidisciplinary group including historians, legal academics, judges, political scientists, theologians and philosophers, to discuss the concept of human dignity from their various disciplinary perspectives ... It is that interdisciplinary flavour which gives the book its greatest strength David Turner, QC, Ecclesiastical Law Journal Understanding Human Dignity is a highly recommendable transdisciplinary book, which provides both a good overview and in depth analysis of contemporary debates about dignity. What makes it particularly valuable and enriching is the constant dialogue between theory and practice in mutually illuminating ways, where conceptual analyses of various ways of grounding and approaching dignity interact with analyses of a rich variety of concrete material from law cases or historical cases. Iben Damgaard, Theologische Literaturzeitung

• PART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES; PART II: DIGNITY CRITIQUES; PART III: THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES; PART IV: PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES; PART V: JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVES; PART VI: APPLICATIONS; PART VII: WAYS FORWARD?

The genesis of this truly remarkable collection of essays and papers ... [draws] together a stellar, multidisciplinary group including historians, legal academics, judges, political scientists, theologians and philosophers, to discuss the concept of human dignity from their various disciplinary perspectives ... It is that interdisciplinary flavour which gives the book its greatest strength David Turner, QC, Ecclesiastical Law Journal Understanding Human Dignity is a highly recommendable transdisciplinary book, which provides both a good overview and in depth analysis of contemporary debates about dignity. What makes it particularly valuable and enriching is the constant dialogue between theory and practice in mutually illuminating ways, where conceptual analyses of various ways of grounding and approaching dignity interact with analyses of a rich variety of concrete material from law cases or historical cases. Iben Damgaard, Theologische Literaturzeitung

• PART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES; PART II: DIGNITY CRITIQUES; PART III: THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES; PART IV: PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES; PART V: JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVES; PART VI: APPLICATIONS; PART VII: WAYS FORWARD?

The genesis of this truly remarkable collection of essays and papers ... [draws] together a stellar, multidisciplinary group including historians, legal academics, judges, political scientists, theologians and philosophers, to discuss the concept of human dignity from their various disciplinary perspectives ... It is that interdisciplinary flavour which gives the book its greatest strength David Turner, QC, Ecclesiastical Law Journal Understanding Human Dignity is a highly recommendable transdisciplinary book, which provides both a good overview and in depth analysis of contemporary debates about dignity. What makes it particularly valuable and enriching is the constant dialogue between theory and practice in mutually illuminating ways, where conceptual analyses of various ways of grounding and approaching dignity interact with analyses of a rich variety of concrete material from law cases or historical cases. Iben Damgaard, Theologische Literaturzeitung

• PART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES; PART II: DIGNITY CRITIQUES; PART III: THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES; PART IV: PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES; PART V: JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVES; PART VI: APPLICATIONS; PART VII: WAYS FORWARD?