Protecting dignity under common law and the Constitution: the significance of crimen iniuria in South African criminal law
| dc.contributor.author | Burchell, Jonathan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-11T08:53:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-08-11T08:53:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-08-11T08:52:58Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Implicitly or explicitly, the core of the protection of fundamental human rights can be found in the value of individual dignity - in the sense of the self-worth, uniqueness, identity, autonomy, privacy and freedom of all human beings. This concept of dignity lies at the heart of equal respect for human worth (equality) that underpins all human rights ideologies.A significant facet of the South African Constitution of 1996 is that the Bill of Rights (Chapter 2) explicitly, not just impliedly, respects and protects such human dignity. Furthermore, it is important to bear in mind that the South African concept of dignity, in its constitutional, civil and criminal setting, is not completely comparable with that in the German Basic Law. Under South African law, dignity is of fundamental worth, but it is not inviolable - it can be limited and, as will be seen, for convincing reasons. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Burchell, J. (2014). Protecting dignity under common law and the Constitution: the significance of crimen iniuria in South African criminal law. <i>South African Journal of Criminal Justice</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21163 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Burchell, Jonathan "Protecting dignity under common law and the Constitution: the significance of crimen iniuria in South African criminal law." <i>South African Journal of Criminal Justice</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21163 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Burchell, J. (2014). Protecting dignity under common law and the Constitution: the significance of crimen iniuria in South African criminal law. South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 27(3), 250-271. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Burchell, Jonathan AB - Implicitly or explicitly, the core of the protection of fundamental human rights can be found in the value of individual dignity - in the sense of the self-worth, uniqueness, identity, autonomy, privacy and freedom of all human beings. This concept of dignity lies at the heart of equal respect for human worth (equality) that underpins all human rights ideologies.A significant facet of the South African Constitution of 1996 is that the Bill of Rights (Chapter 2) explicitly, not just impliedly, respects and protects such human dignity. Furthermore, it is important to bear in mind that the South African concept of dignity, in its constitutional, civil and criminal setting, is not completely comparable with that in the German Basic Law. Under South African law, dignity is of fundamental worth, but it is not inviolable - it can be limited and, as will be seen, for convincing reasons. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Criminal Justice LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Protecting dignity under common law and the Constitution: the significance of crimen iniuria in South African criminal law TI - Protecting dignity under common law and the Constitution: the significance of crimen iniuria in South African criminal law UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21163 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21163 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://reference.sabinet.co.za/document/EJC167889 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Burchell J. Protecting dignity under common law and the Constitution: the significance of crimen iniuria in South African criminal law. South African Journal of Criminal Justice. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21163. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Juta Law | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Public Law | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Law | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Journal of Criminal Justice | |
| dc.source.uri | http://juta.co.za/law/products/3599-south-african-journal-of-criminal-justice | |
| dc.subject.other | South African criminal law | |
| dc.subject.other | common law | |
| dc.subject.other | constitution | |
| dc.subject.other | crimen iniuria | |
| dc.title | Protecting dignity under common law and the Constitution: the significance of crimen iniuria in South African criminal law | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |