What Dignity Demands: From Political to Poetical Liberalism

Reference : What Dignity Demands: From Political to Poetical Liberalism


	Document type :	Dissertations and theses : Doctoral thesis
	Discipline(s) :	Law, criminology & political science : Multidisciplinary, general & others
	Focus Areas :	Law / European Law
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/31764

Title :	What Dignity Demands: From Political to Poetical Liberalism
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Mailey, Richard Samuel David [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Law Research Unit >]
Publication date :	27-Mar-2017
Institution :	University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Name of the degree :	Docteur en Droit
Number of pages :	328
Supervisor :	Van Der Walt, Johan Willem Gous
President of the jury :	Braum, Stefan
Member of the jury :	Christodoulidis, Emilios
	Veitch, Scott
	Minkkinen, Panu
Keywords :	[en] Liberalism ; Rawls ; Constitutionalism
Abstract :	[en] The thesis attempts to measure the disjoint between the promise of human dignity that appears at the heart of Western law (e.g. in national constitutions and international human rights instruments), and the experiences of exclusion and frustration that, in 2017, have seen many Westerners turn to anti-liberal, populist demagogues for relief. In measuring this disjoint, the thesis looks to the work of liberal and anti-liberal theorists alike, including John Rawls, Bruce Ackerman, Carl Schmitt and Jacques Derrida. It then uses the insights gained to construct a liberal theory that can overcome the key problems identified, before using this theory to critically engage with the constitutional jurisprudence of three very different states: Canada, South Africa and the United States.
Target :	Researchers
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/31764

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