The Dignity Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of South AfricaSince the Second World War, dignity has increasingly been recognized as an important moral and legal value. Although important examples of dignity based arguments can be found in western European and North American case law and legal theory, the dignity jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of South African is widely considered to be the most sweeping in the world. In part, this is related to the unique provisions of the South African Constitution