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The principle of proportionality has become the standard test for adjudicating human and constitutional rights disputes in jurisdictions worldwide. This book provides a comprehensive critique of the proportionality principle, and particularly of its most characteristic component, balancing.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction; Part I: 2. The maximisation account of proportionality; 3. The incommensurability objection; 4. Why proportionality?; 5. Proportionality, rights, and legitimate interests; Part II: 6. Proportionality as unconstrained moral reasoning; 7. The need for legal direction in adjudication; 8. Proportionality and the problems of legally unaided adjudication; Part III: 9. Legal human rights.

A Critique of Proportionality and Balancing

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 1/21/2018 12:06:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781316626818, 978-1316626818
      ISBN10: 1316626814
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      Law: Human rights and civil liberties Public international law: human rights

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The principle of proportionality has become the standard test for adjudicating human and constitutional rights disputes in jurisdictions worldwide. This book provides a comprehensive critique of the proportionality principle, and particularly of its most characteristic component, balancing.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; Part I: 2. The maximisation account of proportionality; 3. The incommensurability objection; 4. Why proportionality?; 5. Proportionality, rights, and legitimate interests; Part II: 6. Proportionality as unconstrained moral reasoning; 7. The need for legal direction in adjudication; 8. Proportionality and the problems of legally unaided adjudication; Part III: 9. Legal human rights.

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