THE CONCEPT OF “DIGNITY” IN JURISPRUDENCE OF THE CROATIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
THE CONCEPT OF “DIGNITY” IN JURISPRUDENCE OF THE CROATIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
Author(s): Davor PetrićSubject(s): Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, EU-Legislation, Comparative Law
Published by: Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku
Keywords: human dignity; normative substance; functional roles; Constitutional Court of Croatia; European constitutional jurisprudence;
Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the normative substance and functional roles of the legal concept of (human) dignity in the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of Croatia. In these two aspects, the Constitutional Court’s dignity jurisprudence is compared with the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and high (constitutional and supreme) courts of other European states.
- Issue Year: 36/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 101-142
- Page Count: 42
- Language: English