Dignity and Judicial Authority

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Rachel Bayefsky (Associate Professor of Law, Associate Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law)

Dignity and Judicial Authority

Rachel Bayefsky (Associate Professor of Law, Associate Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law)

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Oxford University Press Inc
19 February 2025

Jurisprudence & general issues; Courts & procedure; Constitutional & administrative law; Human rights & civil liberties law

Series: Theoretical Perspectives in Law

Human rights movements and organizations all over the world cite the pursuit and preservation of dignity as one of their goals, but the legal implications of this term are highly contested. In Dignity and Judicial Authority, Rachel Bayefsky offers a theory of dignity that emphasizes respect for status, non-domination, and control over self-presentation to others. The book explains how US courts can recognize the loss of dignity as a legally actionable harm and provide remedies for this harm. In applying these ideas, the book explores a host of corresponding legal topics, including constitutional standing doctrine, the

By: Rachel Bayefsky (Associate Professor of Law Associate Professor of Law University of Virginia School of Law)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780197750322
ISBN 10: 019775032X
Series: Theoretical Perspectives in Law
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 19 February 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part I Chapter 1: Mapping Dignity Chapter 2: Relational Dignity Part II Chapter 3: Dignity and Constitutional Standing Chapter 4: Dignity and Tort Law Part III Chapter 5: Dignity and Judicial Relief Chapter 6: Dignity and Apology Conclusion

Rachel Bayefsky is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. Prior to joining the faculty, she clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court, and for federal appellate and trial courts. Bayefsky also taught at Harvard Law School as a Climenko Fellow and worked as a litigator in Washington, D.C. She earned her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal, and her D.Phil. from the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar.