An examination of how the concept of humanity is mobilized to make legal arguments in different areas of law.

1. Probing the boundaries of humanity Britta van Beers, Luigi Corrias and Wouter Werner; Part I. Crimes against Humanity: 2. Crimes against humanity: a category hors concours in (international) criminal law? Harmen van der Wilt; 3. Humanity's exemplary justice: from Hostis to Hostia Humani Generis Edwin Bikundo; 4. The inhuman stain: representing humanity in international criminal law Luigi Corrias; 5. Crimes against humanity, simple crime, and human dignity Roger Brownsword; 6. Crimes against the human species ('Type II crimes against humanity explained') George Annas; Part II. Human Rights and Human Dignity: 7. Human remains in French law: the snare of personification Florence Bellivier; 8. Not in our name! Losing humanity in current human rights discourse Wouter Veraart; 9. Deciding what is humane: towards a critical reading of humanity as a normative standard in international law Rene Urueña; 10. The promise of human dignity, and some of its juridical consequences, especially for medical criminal law Jan C. Joerden; Part III. The Commons of Mankind: 11. The concept of humanity and biogenetics Bartha M. Knoppers and Vural Özdemir; 12. Interdependencies, conceptualizations of humanity and regulatory regimes Ellen Hey; 13. The protection of human dignity in research involving human body material Kristof Van Assche and Sigrid Sterckx; 14. The many faces of humanity: some concluding remarks Britta van Beers, Luigi Corrias and Wouter Werner.