Table of Contents

Foreword; E. Klein, D. Kretzmer. On the Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for the Emergence of the Doctrine of the Dignity of Man and His Rights; Y. Arieli. `Dignity of Man' and `Persona' in Stoic Anthropology: Some Remarks on Cicero, De Officiis I, 105-107; H. Cancik. Legal Roots of Human Dignity in German Law; J. Eckert. Blood and the Image of God: On the Sanctity of Life in Biblical and Early Rabbinic Law, Myth, and Ritual; Y. Lorberbaum. Can Ethical Maxims be Derived from Theological Concepts of Human Dignity? D. Ritschl. Human Dignity in a Rabbinical Perspective; C. Safrai. The Founding Function of Human Dignity in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; K. Dicke. Human Dignity in International Law; J.Abr. Frowein. Human Dignity as a Constitutional Value; A. Chaskalson. Human Dignity in German Law; E. Klein. Human Dignity in Israeli Jurisprudence; D. Kretzmer. The Religious and Philosophical Background of Human Dignity and its Place in Modern Constitutions; C. Starck. Dignity als a Modern Virtue; M. Meyer. Humiliation, Dignity and Self-Respect; D. Statman. Honor and Dignity Cultures: The Case of Kavod and Kvod Ha-Adam in Israeli Society and Law; O. Kamir. Honor, Dignity and the Framing of Multiculturalist Values; D. Weisstub. Index.