Aharon Barak

Proportionality

Constitutional Rights and Their Limitations

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Produktbeschreibung

Aharon Barak analyses the scope of constitutional rights, the conflicts between them and the limitations imposed on them by law.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 638
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1061g
• ISBN-13: 9781107008588
• ISBN-10: 1107008581
• Artikelnr.: 34101568

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.