Human Dignity in Asia

Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu is Associate Research Professor of Law, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. He was the ASLI Visiting Fellow at National University of Singapore in 2016 and Visiting Scholar of Harvard-Yenching Institute for 2016-2017. He serves on the board of Taiwan Association for Philosophy of Law and as co-chair of the Freedom of Expression Research Group of the International Association of Constitutional Law.

Introduction. Human dignity, human rights, and cultural change in Asia Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu; 1. Human dignity in Indian constitutional adjudication Pritam Baruah; 2. The development of individual dignity in Japan: Overcoming constraints in law, family and society Keigo Obayashi; 3. Constitutional discourse on human dignity in South Korea: A critical appraisal Chaihark Hahm; 4. Human dignity in the jurisprudence of the Taiwan constitutional court Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu; 5. The dignity Factor: Interpreting the Philippine constitution J. R. Robert Real; 6. Human dignity in the jurisprudence of the Indonesian constitutional court Nadirsyah Hosen; 7. Dignity as a constitutional value in Hong Kong: Toward a contextual approach? Kelley Loper; 8. Human dignity and relational constitutionalism in Singapore Li-ann Thio; 9. Personal dignity under Chinese constitutional law Xiaobo Zhai; 10. Virtue, dignity, and constitutional democracy: A Confucian perspective Sungmoon Kim; 11. Buddhist philosophical approaches to human dignity Anton Sevilla-Liu; 12. Dignity and status in ancient and medieval India Timothy Lubin; 13. Human dignity, Pancasila, and Islam: contexts and contestations in Indonesia Etin Anwar; 14. Catholicism and human dignity in the Philippines Jonathan T. Chow; 15. Protestantism and human dignity in South Korea JinHyok Kim; Index.