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Proconstitutional interpretation of criminal law by Szczucki, Krzysztof

Table of Contents: “…Models for achieving moral clarity in criminal law -- Goods protected in criminal law -- A method of reconstructing goods and the scope of their criminal protection in the constitution -- Common good and dignity of the person as criteria for resolving conflicts between goods in criminal law -- Constitutional foundations of construction of a protected good in criminal law -- Obligations of a legislator and courts stemming from the proconstitutional construction of legal goods.…”
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The agent in the margin : Nayantara Sahgal's Gandhian fiction by Joseph, Clara A. B.

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Introduction: Agency in the Margins: Althusser, Gandhi, Sahgal; Chapter One: The Interpellated "I": Gandhian Ideology and the Autobiographical Genre; Chapter Two: The Thinking Subject: Virginity and Swaraj; Chapter Three: The Special Place of Literature: Mahasati, Satyagrahi; Chapter Four: Overdetermination and Truth; Chapter Five: The Resisting Subject: Dignity of Lesser Breeds; Conclusion: Representing the Human Person; Works Cited; Index.…”
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Decentering citizenship : gender, labor, and migrant rights in South Korea by Choo, Hae Yeon

Table of Contents: “…Decentering citizenship : perils, promises, possibilities -- The journey of global women : from the Philippines to South Korea -- Duties, desires, and dignity : South Koreans on migrant encounters -- Everyday politics of immigration raids in the shadow of citizenship -- The making of migrant workers and migrant women -- Workers and working girls : gendering the worker-citizen -- Between women victims and mother-citizens -- Coda : migrant rights and politics of solidarity.…”
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When they call you a terrorist : a Black Lives Matter memoir by Cullors, Patrisse, 1983-, Bandele, Asha

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / Angela Davis -- Introduction: We are stardust -- Community, interrupted -- Twelve -- Bloodlines -- Magnitude and bond -- Witness -- Out in the world -- All the bones we could find -- Zero dark thirty: The remix -- No ordinary love -- Dignity and power. Now. -- Black Lives Matter -- Raid -- A call, a response -- #SayHerName -- Black futures -- When they call you a terrorist.…”

Miscellanies by Manning, Henry Edward, 1808-1892

Table of Contents: “…Nicholson's accusation of the Archbishop of Westminster.- The dignity and rights of labour.- The church of Rome.- Cæsarism and ultramontanism.- Ultramontanism and Christianity.- Christianity and antichristianism.- The pope and Magna charta.- Inaugural address.- Philosophy without assumptions.- Frederic Ozanam.- The independence of the Holy see.…”

Exploring borders : understanding culture and psychology by Mantovani, Giuseppe, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Frames of experience; Birds and spirits; The roots of prejudice; Metaphors and analogies; Immeasurable distances; Different shipwrecks; Hopes of happiness; So near and yet so far; The web of culture; Sun counters; Pride and dignity; The blind man's cane; Culture in education; Cultivating memory; The sheriff comes for Virgil; Crossing borders; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index;…”
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott : a History and Reference Guide. by Phibbs, Cheryl

Table of Contents: “…All Out Attack; 8. White Opinion; 9. Dignity, Discipline, Dedication; 10. A New Era; 11. …”
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Compassion and Caring in Nursing. by Chambers, Claire

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; About the authors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction: Compassion in nursing -- the key to caring; Chapter 2: Empathy and sensitivity; Chapter 3: Dignity and respect; Chapter 4: Listening and responding; Chapter 5: Diversity and cultural competence; Chapter 6: Choice and priorities; Chapter 7: Empowerment and advocacy; Chapter 8: Conclusion: Compassion in nursing -- the way forward; Back Cover.…”
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Ethical questions in healthcare chaplaincy : learning to make informed decisions by Matthews, Pia

Table of Contents: “…The basics -- The dignity of the human person -- Autonomy, consent, refusing treatment and boundaries -- Ethics and non-autonomous patients -- Confidentiality, privacy, data protection, truth telling and trust -- Ethical issues at the beginning of life -- Ethical issues about babies, children and young adults -- Ethical issues at the end of life -- Dying and death: ethical issues -- Loss, grief and bereavement, burn-out and the wounded healer -- Conscientious objection and loyalties.…”
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Funeral culture : AIDS, work, and cultural change in an African kingdom by Golomski, Casey

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: funeral culture: dignity, work, and cultural change -- Reckoning life: dying from AIDS to living with HIV -- Religious healing and resurrection: "Faith without work is dead" -- The secrets of life insurance: saving, care, and the witch -- Grounded: body politics of burial and cremation -- Life in a takeaway box: mobility and purity in funeral feasts -- Commemoration and cultural change: memento radicalis -- Conclusion: the afterlives of work.…”
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Indispensable immigrants : the wine porters of northern Italy and their saint, 1200-1800 by Little, Lester K.

Table of Contents: “…Sainthood by the papacy -- Epilogue: Dignity and memory -- Appendix: Sources and studies pertaining to brentatori.…”
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Final call

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Personalist papers by Crosby, John F., 1944-

Table of Contents: “…A Neglected Source of the Dignity of Persons -- 2. The Empathetic Understanding of Other Persons -- 3. …”
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Debating Levinas' legacy

Table of Contents: “…; Singularity without Identity in Levinas; The Inhuman Core of Human Dignity: Levinas and Beyond; The Human Person: Vulnerability and Responsiveness. …”
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Mental disability and the death penalty : the shame of the states by Perlin, Michael L., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…An introduction and the dilemma of factual innocence -- Sanism, pretextuality, the role of dignity, and therapeutic jurisprudence -- Future dangerousness and the death penalty -- Mental disability evidence and mitigation -- Competency to be executed : the case of mental retardation -- Competency to be executed : the case of mental illness -- Competency to be executed : the question of medication -- Neuroimaging and the death penalty -- The role of jurors, prosecutors, and judges -- The death penalty, mental disability, and adequacy of counsel -- The death penalty and international human rights law.…”
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Abyss of Reason : Cultural Movements, Revelations, and Betrayals. by Cottom, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; 2. On the Dignity of Tables; 3. The Experience of Personation; 4. …”
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Humanitarian ethics : a guide to the morality of aid in war and disaster by Slim, Hugo

Table of Contents: “…Political principles -- Neutrality and Independence -- 4. Dignity principles -- Respect, participation and empowerment -- 5. …”

Clint Eastwood and issues of American masculinity by Cornell, Drucilla

Table of Contents: “…Writing the showdown: what's left behind when the sun goes down -- Dancing with the double: reaching out from the darkness within -- Ties that bind: the legacy of a mother's love -- Psychic scars: transformative relationships and moral repair -- Parables of revenge and masculinity in Mystic river / Roger Berkowitz and Drucilla Cornell -- Militarized manhood: shattered images and the trauma of war -- Shades of recognition: privilege, dignity, and the hubris of white manhood -- Conclusion: the last take.…”

The Resilient Self : Gender, Immigration, and Taiwanese Americans. by Gu, Chien-Juh

Table of Contents: “…Performing Confucian Patriarchy; Chapter 6. Fighting for Dignity and Respect; Chapter 7. Suffering and the Resilient Self; Appendix: Demographic Information of Subjects; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Index; About the Author.…”
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Left at the altar : how the Democrats lost the Catholics and how the Catholics can save the Democrats by Winters, Michael Sean

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; 1: The Priest and the President Create the New Deal; 2: The Uneven Assimilation of American Catholics; 3: Kennedy's "Private" Faith; 4: The 1960s: Race, Vietnam, and Vatican II; 5: Abortion and the Collapse of the New Deal Coalition; 6: From Roe to Reagan; 7: From Cuomo to Kerry; 8: Human Dignity, the Common Good, and Just War; 9: Latinos and the Rebirth of the Catholic-Democratic Alliance; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.…”
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Galvanizing Nostalgia? Indigeneity and Sovereignty in Siberia. by Balzer, Marjorie Mandelstam

Table of Contents: “…Crossover Trends: Eurasianism, Competition, Cooperation, and Protest -- Conclusions: Federalism, Cultural Dignity, and Nostalgia -- Notes -- References -- Index…”
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The heart of Torah. Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy / Essays on the weekly Torah portion : Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy by Held, Shai, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Standing Tall: Serving God with Dignity; NUMBERS; Be-midbar No. 1. Divine Love and Human Uniqueness; Be-midbar No. 2. …”
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Broadening the horizon of linguistic politeness

Table of Contents: “…General overviews; Civility and its discontents*; How and why honorifics can signify dignity and elegance; Whither politeness; II. The theoretical perspective; Yoroshiku onegaishimasu; An argument for a frame-based approach to politeness; The significance of f̀ace' and politeness in social interaction as revealed through Thai 'face' idioms; III. …”
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Diaspora and Class Consciousness : Chinese Immigrant Workers in Multiracial Chicago. by Lan, Shanshan

Table of Contents: “…-- Imagining Chicago's "Chinatown community" : the making and unmaking of interracial boundaries -- Racial learning between China and the United States : a transnational perspective -- Bridgeport : the politics and poetics of space -- The ethnic crucible of learning to labor -- Chinese immigrants navigating Mexican Chicago -- Citizenship, class and coalition building -- "I feel somewhat American" : race and class consciousness among Chinese American youth -- Conclusion : in search of dignity and respect.…”
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In search of the spiritual : Gabriel Marcel, psychoanalysis and the sacred by Marcus, Paul

Table of Contents: “…COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; CHAPTER TWO Creative experience as the birthplace of the transcendent; CHAPTER THREE On refinding God during chemotherapy; CHAPTER FOUR Reflections on moments of grace; CHAPTER FIVE On the quiet virtue of humility; CHAPTER SIX Summoned to courage; CHAPTER SEVEN Maintaining personal dignity in the face of the mass society; CHAPTER EIGHT On fidelity and betrayal in love relationships; CHAPTER NINE The kiss; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX.…”
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In pursuit : of happiness and good government by Murray, Charles A.

Table of Contents: “…Measuring success in social policy -- Coming to terms with happiness -- Enabling conditions and thresholds -- Material resources -- Safety -- Dignity, self-esteem, and self-respect -- Enjoyment, self-actualization, and intrinsic rewards -- Policy and an idea of man -- Asking a new question, getting new answers: evaluating results -- Asking a new question, getting new answers: designing solutions -- Searching for solutions that work: changing the metaphor -- Little platoons -- "To close the circle of our felicities."…”
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Aesthetics and modernity : essays by Heller, Agnes

Table of Contents: “…-- Autonomy of art or the dignity of the artwork -- The role of emotions in the reception of artworks -- Joke culture and transformations of the public sphere -- The contemporary historical novel -- The metaphysics of embodiment in the western tradition -- European master-narratives about freedom -- The three logics of modernity and the double bind of the modern imagination -- The absolute stranger: shakespeare and the drama of failed assimilation -- The gods of Greece -- Self representation and the representation of the other -- Where are we at home?.…”
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Uncivil unions : the metaphysics of marriage in German idealism and romanticism by Daub, Adrian

Table of Contents: “…Uncivil unions -- The metaphysics of dignity: marriage in Kant and Fichte -- The politics of the copula: love, marriage, and the question of judgment -- "Marriage is the most exalted secret": Novalis on the metaphysics and semiotics of marriage -- Marriage between chaos and product: Friedrich and Dorothea Schlegel -- Marriage and mediation: the product among the idealists -- Marriage interrupted: Sophie Mereau's Blüthenalter der Empfindung -- Transcendental masturbators: Jean Paul's Siebenkäs -- The fate of marital autonomy in the nineteenth century -- Epilogue: marriage after metaphysics.…”
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Revolutionary women in postrevolutionary Mexico by Olcott, Jocelyn, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the daughters of La Malinche : gender and revolutionary citizenship -- "A right to struggle" : revolutionary citizenship and the birth of Mexican feminism -- Laboratory of Cardenismo : constructing Michoacán's postrevolutionary edifice -- Educators and organizers : populating the national women's movement -- "All the benefits of the Revolution" : labor and citizenship in the Comarca Lagunera -- "Her dignity as woman and her sovereignty as citizen" : claiming postrevolutionary citizenship -- "All are avowed socialists" : political conflict and women's organizing in Yucatán -- Conclusions and epilogue : the death of Cardenismo.…”
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Why Things Matter to People : Social Science, Values and Ethical Life. by Sayer, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: a relation to the world of concern; 2 Values within reason; 3 Reason beyond rationality: values and practical reason; 4 Beings for whom things matter; 5 Understanding the ethical dimension of life; 6 Dignity; 7 Critical social science and its rationales; 8 Implications for social science; Appendix: Comments on philosophical theories of ethics; References; Index.…”
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Global democracy and human self-transcendence : the power of the future for planetary transformation by Martin, Glen T., 1944-

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Language, ethics and animal life : Wittgenstein and beyond

Table of Contents: “…/ Rami Gudovitch -- Second nature and animal life / Stefano Di Brisco -- Wittgenstein, wonder and attention to animals / Mikel Burley -- Honour, dignity and the realm of meaning / Nora Hämäläinen -- W.G. …”
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Boccaccio's corpus : allegory, ethics, and vernacularity by Kriesel, James C.

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Discrimination As Stigma : a Theory of Anti-Discrimination Law. by Solanke, Iyiola

Table of Contents: “…Closed Lists; V. Open Lists; VI. Dignity, Immutability and the Anti-discrimination Principle.…”
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Post-communist nostalgia.

Table of Contents: “…Remembering the army in the former Yugoslavia / Tanja Petrović -- Dignity in transition : History, teachers, and the nation-state in post-1989 Bulgaria / Tim Pilbrow -- Invisible-inaudible : Albanian memories of socialism after the war in Kosovo / Stephanie Scwandner-Sievers -- "Let's all freeze up until 2100 or so" : Nostalgic directions in post-communist Romania / Oana Popescu-Sandu -- Sonic nostalgia : Music, memory, and mythography in Bulgaria, 1990-2005 / Donna A. …”
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Thomas Aquinas : teacher of humanity : proceeding from the first conference of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquiinas held in the United States of America

Table of Contents: “…; Wojty a; Thomas Aquinas, Wisdom, and Human Dignity; Sitting at the Feet of the Master; Aquinas and Humanity in the Cosmos; Is Thomism a "Humanism?"…”
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National Insecurity and Human Rights : Democracies Debate Counterterrorism. by Alison, Brysk

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Human Rights and National Insecurity; Encroaching on the Rule of Law: Post-9/11 Policies within the United States; The United States: Protecting Human Dignity in an Era of Insecurity; Northern Ireland: Violent Conflict and the Resilience of International Law; The United Kingdom: The Continuity of Terrorand Counterterror; Torturing Democracies: The Curious Debate over the "Israeli Model"; Democracy, Civil Liberties, and Counterterrorist Measures in Spain; Canada's Balancing Act: Protecting Human Rights and Countering Terrorist Threats.…”
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Values and music education by Jorgensen, Estelle R.

Table of Contents: “…Reverence, Humility, Awe, and Spirituality -- 4. Dignity, Dispassion, Restraint, and Discipline -- 5. …”
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Mind that abides : panpsychism in the new millennium / Panpsychism in the new millennium

Table of Contents: “…; Universal correlates of consciousness; Panpsychism, the Big-Bang-Argument, and the dignity of life; Process philosophy; Back to Whitehead?…”
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Creating joy and meaning for the dementia patient : a caregiver's guide to connection and hope by Parsons, Ronda

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Grabbing at Shadows; 2 Acceptance; 3 The Moment by Moment Technique; 4 The Joy Continuum; 5 A Positive Approach; 6 Memories; 7 Beauty; 8 Creating Emotional Memories; 9 Nature; 10 The Five Senses; 11 Mind Games; 12 Communication; 13 Dignity; 14 Spirit; 15 Emotional Security; 16 Humor Is the Best Medicine; 17 The Caregiver; 18 The Business of Dementia; 19 Going Home; Epilogue; Notes…”
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