Proportionality principles in American law

controlling excessive government actions

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Proportionality principles in American law

controlling excessive government actions

From the ancient origins of Just War doctrine to contemporary theories of punishment, concepts of proportionality have long been an instrumental part of the rule of law and an essential check on government power. Two renowned legal scholars seek to advance such a theory.

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Language
English
Pages
284

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Cover of: Proportionality Principles in American Law
Proportionality Principles in American Law: Controlling Excessive Government Actions
2009, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
in English
Cover of: Proportionality Principles in American Law
Proportionality Principles in American Law: Controlling Excessive Government Actions
2009, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: Proportionality principles in American law
Proportionality principles in American law: controlling excessive government actions
2008, Oxford University Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Proportionality in international and foreign law
Proportionality principles in the common law of damages
Implicit proportionality principles in American standards of constitutional review
Explicit proportionality principles in discrete areas of American jurisprudence
Procedure : implicit proportionality limits on police powers and defendant rights
Criminal law : implicit proportionality limitations on criminal liability
Punishment : explicit and implicit proportionality limits on sanction severity.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
340/.11
Library of Congress
K247 .S85 2008, K247.S85 2008, K247 .S85 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
284

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL16636549M
ISBN 13
9780195324938
LCCN
2008006939
OCLC/WorldCat
212409998
LibraryThing
8025926
Goodreads
4751927

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1923258W

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