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.