The renaissance of human dignity?
Abstract
The right to human dignity is tantalisingly elusive, refreshingly undefined, potentially virile and incontestably responsive to changing societal conditions: just the recipe for common law judges worldwide. In a landmark Northern Ireland human rights case, this fundamental and universally recognised, though occasionally neglected, right, of impeccable lineage and credentials, has had something of a renaissance. There is surely ample scope for its resurgence and development in both domestic and global contexts, legal and otherwise.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Legal Rights and Human Rights
Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies
International Law and Human Rights
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 844–857
- Publication date
- 5 February 2026