Recht oder Rhetorik?: Der Begriff der Wurde im verfassungsrechtlichen Diskurs der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika

On both sides of the Atlantic, the term dignity is frequently characterized as being a particularly European one rather than an American concept for matters of constitutional reasoning. But is this assumption accurate? In his study, Sebastian Hartwig tracks the usage of dignity in the American constitutional discourse from the American Revolution up until the present day - with often surprising results.