BENÁK, Jaroslav, Ladislav VYHNÁNEK and David ZAHUMENSKÝ. Human Dignity in the Czech Republic. In Becchi, Paolo, Mathis, Klaus (Eds.). Handbook of Human Dignity in Europe. Cham: Springer. p. 197-210. Springer Reference. ISBN 978-3-319-28081-3. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28082-0_9. 2019.
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Original name Human Dignity in the Czech Republic
Authors BENÁK, Jaroslav (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Ladislav VYHNÁNEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and David ZAHUMENSKÝ (203 Czech Republic).
Edition Cham, Handbook of Human Dignity in Europe, p. 197-210, 14 pp. Springer Reference, 2019.
Publisher Springer
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 50501 Law
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14220/19:00109796
Organization unit Faculty of Law
ISBN 978-3-319-28081-3
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28082-0_9
Keywords in English human dignity; constitution; fundamental rights; values; constitutional court; courts
Tags rivok, topvydavatel
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
This chapter deals with the concept of human dignity and its protection in the Czech legal order. It shows that human dignity is considered one of the key legal concepts both at the constitutional and statutory level. The main problems of the constitutional protection of human dignity in the Czech Republic revolve around two interrelated questions. Firstly, the question is whether human dignity is an individual right or rather a norm of programatic nature. Secondly, it is questionable whether human dignity may be limited or whether it is considered an absolute right. The authors of the chapter argue that human dignity is protected by the Czech constitutional order as a (rather narrow) individual right that may be limited and at the same time as a (broad) underlying principle of fundamental rights protection. At the statutory level, human dignity is protected by a number of statutes, most prominently by the new Civil Code and the Criminal Code.
Links
MUNI/A/0837/2013, interní kód MUName: Analýza judikatury v oblasti zdravotnického práva (Acronym: AJZP)
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
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