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Fight Against Discrimination. Human Dignity in American Legal Tradition 

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Platform: Adam Mickiewicz University Press

The book is a collection of essays designed to take the reader on a journey through American law and the American political and legal tradition. Their common ground is to trace the influence of the idea of human dignity on the American system of civil rights protection and to characterize more than two centuries of struggle against discrimination against various groups and minorities. Beginning with the views of the Founding Fathers and the creation of the first modern republic, through the struggles against slavery and gender discrimination, to the 20th century challenges of abortion, euthanasia, and the legalization of same-sex marriage. 

Although human dignity does not appear in the Constitution or in constitutional amendments, the influence of this idea on the legal order has been, is, and will continue to be considerable. Indeed, along with liberty, equality, and justice, it is one of the core values that underlie the political, legal, and judicial system of the United States of America. 

The reader will find in the book both reflections on political and legal thought, as well as a number of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United States, which established the most important legal principles expanding the sphere of individual freedoms and protecting civil rights. The reader will also find key figures in American history, such as revolutionary columnist Thomas Paine, Supreme Court Justice James Wilson, suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

Preface and Acknowledgements


Foreword: The Idea of Human Dignity


CHAPTER 1
Human Dignity and the Origins of American Law


CHAPTER 2
The Natural Dignity of Man and Thomas Paine


CHAPTER 3
The Equal Creation of Man and Thomas Jefferson


CHAPTER 4
The Native Dignity and James Wilson


CHAPTER 5
The Civil Dignity and Francis Lieber


CHAPTER 6
Human Dignity and Frederick Douglass


CHAPTER 7
Human Dignity and Women’s Rights


CHAPTER 8
Black Codes and Years of Regression


CHAPTER 9
Forerunners of Modern Human Dignity


CHAPTER 10
Human Dignity and Japanese American

 

CHAPTER 11
Human Dignity and African American


CHAPTER 12
Human Dignity and Justice William J. Brennan


CHAPTER 13
Human Dignity and Social Welfare


CHAPTER 14
Human Dignity and Abortion


CHAPTER 15
The Right to Die with Dignity


CHAPTER 16
Human Dignity and Same-Sex Marriages


Conclusions: American Concept of Human Dignity


Case Citations


Literature

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Detailed information
Publication Version printed
Format 17 x 24
Language English
Title (EN) Fight Against Discrimination. Human Dignity in American Legal Tradition 
Type of publication Monografia
Edition I
Series Adam Mickiewicz University Law Books no. 19
ISBN 978-83-232-4115-7
DOI 10.14746/amup.9788323241164
Number of pages 200
Number of publishing sheets 14,50
Type of binding hardcover

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