The Reality of Human Dignity in Law and Bioethics: Comparative Perspectives

Part I: The Realitie(s) of Human Dignity in Europe.- Chapter 1. The Concept of Human Dignity in Belgian Law: a Variety of Approaches (Geneviève Schamps).- Chapter 2.The Jurisprudential Reality(-ies) of the Principle of Human Dignity in France: a Prevailing or An Authoritative Principle? (Francis Kernaleguen).- Chapter 3. The Principle of Dignity in Germany and Its 'Irradiating' Effect with Regard to Biomedicine (Francoise Furkel).- Chapter 4. Applying the Overarching Principle of Human Dignity in Greek Law (Penelope Agallopoulou).- Chapter 5. The Concept of Human Dignity as the Foundation of Rights in the Hungarian Biomedical Law (Judit Sandor).- Chapter 6. Practical Reason and Enantiosemy of Human Dignity: the Reality of the Principle in Italy (Carlo Sotis).- Chapter 7. Human Dignity as a Fundamental Principle in Biomedicine: A Spanish Perspective (Verónica San Julian Puig).- Chapter 8. Human Dignity: Conceptual Unity and Plurality of Content in Swiss law (Dominique Manaï).- Chapter 9. Towards a Libertarian Application of Dignity in English Law: A Case Law Analysis (Thérèse Callus).- Chapter 10. The Principle of Dignity and the European Court of Human Rights (Jean-Pierre Marguénaud).- Part II: The Realitie(s) of Human Dignity in Africa.- Chapter 11. The Reality of the Human Dignity Principle in the Framework of the Egyptian Legal System (Hassan Abdelhamid).- Chapter 12. The Principle of Human Dignity in Tunisia: Between Political Recuperation and Low Practical Recognition (Amel Aouij-Mrad).- Part III: The Realitie(s) of Human Dignity in America.- Chapter 13. Human Dignity in Brazilian Law: A Founding Principle of Laws and Court Judgements (Maria-Claudia Crespo-Brauner).- Chapter 14. Dignity in Canadian law: A Popular but Ambiguous Notion (Dominique Goubau).- Chapter 15. Putting the Principle of Human Dignity to the Test: A 'Useless' Concept from An American Perspective? (Kristina Orfali).- Chapter 16. Human Dignity in the Case Law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Anderson Orestes Cavalcante Lobato).- Part IV: The Realitie(s) of Human Dignity in Asia.- Chapter 17. The Emergence of Human Dignity in China: from A Civil Right to A Constitutional Principle (Li Zhang).- Chapter 18. Ambivalence of the Relationships Between Dignity and Freedoms in Turkish Law (Saïbe Oktay-Özdemir).- Part V: Interdisciplinary Approaches.- Chapter 19. The "Reality" of the Principle of Human Dignity: A Critical Philosophical Approach (Gilbert Hottois).- Chapter 20.From Dignity to Responsibility (David Le Breton).- Chapter 21. Human Dignity: a Notion that Provides More Confusion Than Clarity (Ruwen Ogien).- Part VI: Looking Forward.- Chapter 22. The Case for a Limited Use of Dignity As A Legal Principle (Brigitte Feuillet).