Human Dignity and Democracy in Europe

Edited by Daniel Bedford, Senior Lecturer, Portsmouth Law School, University of Portsmouth, Catherine Dupré, Associate Professor, Law School, University of Exeter, UK, Gábor Halmai, Professor Emeritus, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary and Panos Kapotas, Senior Lecturer, Portsmouth Law School, University of Portsmouth, UK

‘Dignity and democracy are preferred topics of comparative constitutional research. But surprisingly enough, the connections between the two concepts have not yet been explored in academic writing. This book puts an end to that situation and opens a new perspective on two pillars of modern constitutionalism.’

• Contents:Introduction to Human Dignity and Democracy in Europe 1Daniel Bedford and Catherine DupréPART I THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS1 Judicial activity/democratic activity: the democratisingeffects of dignity 19Erin Daly2 Human dignity and democracy in Europe: commitments,connections and red lines 36Catherine Dupré3 Subsidiarity and human dignity: democracy, authority andknowledge 60Stephen Riley4 Democratic transformations in the United Kingdom: thepotential of human dignity 77Daniel BedfordPART II IDENTITY5 On the dilemma between human dignity and national identity 103Cesare Pinelli6 Human dignity as status politics 119Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez7 The right to citizenship and human dignity 137Maria Dicosola8 Discourses of collective dignity, the state of exception andthe twilight of the rule of law: the case of Poland and beyond 155Przemyslaw TacikPART III SOLIDARITY9 The decline of human dignity and solidarity through themisuse of constitutional identity: the case of Hungary since 2010 177Gábor Halmai and Nóra Chronowski10 Bringing human dignity back to life: the case of austeritymeasures in a comparative perspective 200Antonia Baraggia11 Dignity at the margins: the contestatory dynamic of theprinciple of human dignity 225Cólm Ó CinnéideConclusion: human dignity and the future of European democracy 248Gábor Halmai and Panos KapotasIndex