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Proportionality principles in American law : controlling excessive government actions / E. Thomas Sullivan, Richard S. Frase.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sullivan, E. Thomas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Proportionality in law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-250) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-988669-5
- 0-19-986941-3
- 1-281-98060-9
- 9786611980603
- 0-19-971720-6
- OCLC:
- 422751876
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