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Der Sammelband widmet sich grundlegenden Rechtsfragen der Menschenrechte und der individuellen Menschenwürde im (Straf-)Rechtsvergleich zwischen Deutschland und Israel. Die Bedeutung und die Präsenz von Menschenwürde und Menschenrechten in den Rechtssystemen beider Länder werden analysiert und ihr Einfluss auf die jeweilige Strafrechtspolitik dargelegt. This anthology examines the fundamental legal issues of human rights and human dignity within the context of a comparison of German and Israeli (criminal) law. The scope and importance of human dignity and human rights in the legal systems of both countries are explored and their influence on the criminal legal policies of the respective countries is detailed. Josef Schuster
Welcoming Address
Izhak Englard
Law and Human Dignity
Yoram Danziger
Freedom of Political Expression, the Right to Equality and Political Boycotts in Israel
Eric Hilgendorf
The Abuse of Human Dignity - Difficulties in Using the Human Dignity Topos Taking the Bio-Ethics Debate as an Example
Barak Medina
The Israeli Supreme Court's Jurisprudence on the Right to Equal Treatment: Competing Views About the Role of Judicial Review
Stefanie Schmahl
Human Dignity in International Human Rights, Humanitarian and International Criminal Law: A Comparative Approach
Kyrill-A. Schwarz
Human Dignity and Freedom of Religion
Mordechai Kremnitzer and Lina Saba-Habesch
Human Dignity and the Right to Due Process
Frank Peter Schuster
Human Dignity, Human Rights and Criminal Procedure - The German Perspective
Miriam Gur-Arye
Human Dignity, Human Rights and the Criminal Law - The Israeli Perspective
Susanne Beck
Human Dignity, Human Rights and Criminal Law - The German Perspective
Rachela Er'el and Doron Shultziner
Human Dignity and the Prison System
List of Authors Eric Hilgendorf is professor of law at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and chairman of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Legal Theory, Information and Computer Science Law. He holds a degree in philosophy, modern history, and law at the University of Tübingen (BA/MA equivalent), attained a PhD in philosophy for a work entitled »Argumentation in Jurisprudence« and a PhD iur. in law for a work entitled »Criminal Law Liability for Producers in the Society of Risk«. In 1996 Hilgendorf habilitated in the fields of criminal law, criminal procedure, and legal philosophy with the publication »On the Distinction between Statements of Facts and Statements of Norms in Criminal Law«. From 2010 to 2012 he has served as the Dean of the Law Faculty in Würzburg.Born in Fürth, Germany, Mordechai Kremnitzer studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, from which he received his PhD in 1981. During 1970-1977 he served in the Israel Defense Forces, inter alia as Deputy Chief Prosecutor and as a military judge. Professor Kremnitzer is a professor emeritus of the Faculty of law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, former dean of the Faculty of Law, and director of the Israeli Press Council. He served on several government committees, including the Committee to Examine the Use of Force by the Police, the Committee on Civic Education in Israel, the Committee on Discipline in the Civil Service, the Committee on Conviction on the Basis of Confession and Retrial, and the Public Committee to Examine Penal Policy and the Treatment of Prisoners. Kremnitzer served as Deputy President of the Israel Democratic Institute.
