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BATISTA JIMENEZ, Fernando. La dignidad de la persona en la Constitución española: naturaleza jurídica y funciones. Cuest. Const. [online]. 2006, n.14, pp.3-20. ISSN 1405-9193.

Is personal dignity a fundamental right, value, principle or rule? The author makes some differences among each term according to the conception of 1978 Spanish Constitution, concluding that dignity is a constitutional value base on fundamental rights, it is a legal situation able to have other rights. Difference among values, principles and rules let to point their fundamental, promotional and interpretative function in Spanish Constitution.

Palabras llave : Human dignity; fundamental rights; constitutional value.

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