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Proportionality principles in American law : controlling excessive government actions / E. Thomas Sullivan, Richard S. Frase.
- Title
- Proportionality principles in American law : controlling excessive government actions / E. Thomas Sullivan, Richard S. Frase.
- Author
- Sullivan, E. Thomas
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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- Additional Authors
- Frase, Richard S.
- Description
- ix, 284 p.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- University press scholarship online.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-250) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780195324938 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 0195324935 (hardback : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2008006939
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library