A critique of proportionality and balancing

"The principle of proportionality, which has become the standard test for adjudicating human and constitutional rights disputes in jurisdictions worldwide has had few critics. Proportionality is generally taken for granted or enthusiastically promoted or accepted with minor qualifications. A Cr...

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Other Authors: Urbina Molfino, Francisco Javier, autor (autor)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press 2017
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Summary:"The principle of proportionality, which has become the standard test for adjudicating human and constitutional rights disputes in jurisdictions worldwide has had few critics. Proportionality is generally taken for granted or enthusiastically promoted or accepted with minor qualifications. A Critique of Proportionality and Balancing presents a frontal challenge to this orthodoxy. It provides a comprehensive critique of the proportionality principle, and particularly of its most characteristic component, balancing. Divided into three parts, the book presents arguments against the proportionality test, critiques the view of rights entailed by it, and proposes an alternative understanding of fundamental rights and their limits"--
Item Description:Índex
Physical Description:xii, 267 pàgines ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Bibliografia
ISBN:9781107175068