No Argument: Human Dignity and the Making of Legislation

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Copley, Julie. 2022. "No Argument: Human Dignity and the Making of Legislation." Linhares, José Manuel Aroso and Atienza, Manuel (ed.) Human Dignity and the Autonomy of Law. Switzerland . Springer. pp. 239-257

Chapter Title	No Argument: Human Dignity and the Making of Legislation
Book Chapter Category	Edited book (chapter)
ERA Publisher ID	3337
Book Title	Human Dignity and the Autonomy of Law
Authors	Copley, Julie
Editors	Linhares, José Manuel Aroso and Atienza, Manuel
Volume	7
Page Range	239-257
Series	Law and Visual Jurisprudence
Chapter Number	12
Number of Pages	19
Year	2022
Publisher	Springer
Place of Publication	Switzerland
ISBN	9783031148231
	9783031148248
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14824-8_12
Web Address (URL)	https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-14824-8_12
Abstract	The idea of human dignity is widely relied on in modern constitutional systems, yet in legal and political theory it is the focus of significant contention. Jeremy Waldron’s engagement, since 1999 when The Dignity of Legislation and Law and Disagreement were published, with the democratic and constitutional practice and with the theoretical argument constitutes a rich source of legal, political and social analysis of human dignity. Waldron’s own literature demonstrates that, as an “essentially contested concept”, we ask questions about human dignity as a way of pinning it down. When public authority is exercised to make legislation, the invaluable, aggregated and illuminating work of Waldron across this period demonstrates the concept of human dignity to be indispensable—empowering as well as constraining exercises of legislative authority.
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	480410. Legal theory, jurisprudence and legal interpretation
	440811. Political theory and political philosophy
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Byline Affiliations	University of Adelaide

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