Proportionality principles in American law : controlling excessive government actions /

Sullivan, E. Thomas.

Proportionality principles in American law : controlling excessive government actions / E. Thomas Sullivan, Richard S. Frase. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - ix, 284 p. ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-250) and indexes.

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.

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Proportionality in law.

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