Abstract
Proportionality has been largely misunderstood both by its proponents and by its critics. On the one hand, it has been wrongly regarded as a more transparent and at the same time a more controllable alternative to other types of legal discourses. On the other hand, it has been incorrectly viewed as a realm of unlimited subjectivity and pure politics. In fact, proportionality oscillates between law and politics, trying to reconcile the two yet constantly falling into one or another. The article studies the dialectical structure of proportionality and explores proportionality as an argumentative practice.
Acknowledgments
The author would like to thank Jean Grosdidier, David Kennedy, and Duncan Kennedy for intellectual support and inspiration.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Law and Boundaries: The Creation of a Transnational Critical Network
- Research Articles
- The Entangled Sovereignties of Air Police: Mapping the Boundary of the International and the Imperial
- The Legitimating Role of the Israeli High Court of Justice: From Occupation to Segregation
- La Zone: In/habitation in the Itinerant City
- Harnessing Gender to Law: A Mosaic Approach to Designing Domestic Violence Policy
- Climate-Ready Seeds and Patent Rights: A Question of Climate (in) Justice?
- Choosing among the Shades of Nuance: The Discourse of Proportionality in International Law