Proportionality

Constitutional Rights and Their Limitations
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-107-00858-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 638 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1061 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law

Having identified proportionality as the main tool for limiting constitutional rights, Aharon Barak explores its four components (proper purpose, rational connection, necessity and proportionality stricto sensu) and discusses the relationships between proportionality and reasonableness and between courts and legislation. He goes on to analyse the concept of deference and to consider the main arguments against the use of proportionality (incommensurability and irrationality). Alternatives to proportionality are compared and future developments of proportionality are suggested.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barak, Aharon

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtstheorie, Rechtsmethodik, Rechtsdogmatik, Rechtsprechungslehre
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Constitutional Rights: Scope and Limitations: 1. Constitutional rights: scope and the extent of its protection
2. Determining the scope of constitutional rights
3. Conflicting constitutional rights
4. Limitation of constitutional rights
5. Limiting constitutional rights by law
Part II. Proportionality: Sources, Nature, Function: 6. The nature and function of proportionality
7. The historical origins of proportionality
8. The legal sources of proportionality
Part III. The Components of Proportionality: 9. Proper purpose
10. Rational connection
11. Necessity
12. Proportionality stricto sensu (balancing)
13. Proportionality and reasonableness
14. Zone of proportionality: legislator and judge
15. Proportionality and positive constitutional rights
16. The burden of proof
Part IV. Proportionality Evaluated: 17. Proportionality's importance
18. The criticism on proportionality and a retort
19. Alternatives to proportionality
20. The future of proportionality.

Über Autor(innen)

Barak, Aharon
Aharon Barak is a faculty member at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel, and a visiting professor at Yale Law School. In 1975 he was appointed Attorney General of the State of Israel, becoming Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel in 1978 and serving as President from 1995 until his retirement in 2006. He has also served as a lecturer, professor and Dean of the Law School at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.