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Proportionality: Constitutional Rights and their Limitations

Barak, Aharon·2012·Cambridge University Press eBooks

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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.

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Authors: Barak, A.
Affiliations: Reichman University (IL)
Corresponding author: Barak, Aharon
Venue: Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-01-19
DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781139035293
OpenAlex: W4301911951
Cited by: 327
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Citations by year: 2026: 59 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 38 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 2
FWCI: 10.60
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: closed
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Locations: Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies
Social Sciences › Law › Legal Rights and Human Rights
Social Sciences › Law › Judicial and Constitutional Studies
Keywords: proportionality, constitutional rights, reasonableness, necessity, incommensurability, judicial review, limits on rights

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