The Principle of Proportionality

• Main Author: hulsroj, peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Law, 7
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Philosophy.; Criminal law.; Public international law.; International law.; Criminology.; Criminal Law.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Philosophy of Law.; European Law.; Philosophy of Man.; Public International Law.
• Physical Description: XIII, 76 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789400757752
• ISSN: 2192-855X ;

The book applies the principle of proportionality to a number of conventional wisdoms in the social sciences, such as in dubio pro reo and the assumption that a crime is always a crime; that you must go to war if instructed to do so. Individuals and states are not obliged to come to the aid of stricken individuals and states. The book is organised in seven chapters,  each dealing with a self-standing theme related to proportionality.