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Constitutional Rights and Proportionality

<i>Revus - Journal for Constitutional Theory and Philosophy of Law (2014) 22. 51-65</i>
2014
  • 4
    Citations
  • 6,320
    Usage
  • 3
    Captures
  • 1
    Mentions
  • 0
    Social Media
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Metrics Details

  • Citations
    4
    • Citation Indexes
      4
  • Usage
    6,320
    • Abstract Views
      4,691
    • Downloads
      1,629
  • Captures
    3
    • Readers
      3
      • SSRN
        3
  • Mentions
    1
    • Blog Mentions
      1
      • Blog
        1
  • Ratings
    • Download Rank
      23,214

Paper Description

There are two basic views concerning the relationship between constitutional rights and proportionality analysis. The first maintains that there exists a necessary connection between constitutional rights and proportionality, the second argues that the question of whether constitutional rights and proportionality are connected depends on what the framers of the constitution have actually decided, that is, on positive law. The first thesis may be termed ‘necessity thesis’, the second ‘contingency thesis’. According to the necessity thesis, the legitimacy of proportionality analysis is a question of the nature of constitutional rights, according to the contingency thesis, it is a question of interpretation. The article defends the necessity thesis.

Bibliographic Details

Robert Alexy

principles theory; proportionality analysis; constitutional rights; necessary connection; human rights; dual nature

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