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Proportionality Principles in American Law: Controlling Excessive Government Actions - Hardcover

Sullivan, E. Thomas; Frase, Richard S.

 
9780195324938: Proportionality Principles in American Law: Controlling Excessive Government Actions

Synopsis

In Proportionality Principles in American Law, E. Thomas Sullivan and Richard S. Frase advance a general theory of proportionality for the American legal system. They argue that standards of review should be more clearly and precisely defined, and that in most circumstances every intrusive government measure which limits or threatens individual rights should undergo some degree of proportionality review. The authors identify three basic ways that government measures and private remedies have been found to be disproportionate and use this framework to examine contemporary and potential uses of proportionality principles in public law, civil liberties, and the criminal justice system, emphasizing their utility to guide judicial review of excessive government measures.

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About the Author

E. Thomas Sullivan is Senior Vice President and Provost of the University of Minnesota and Julius E. Davis Chair in Law.

Richard S. Frase is the Benjamin N. Berger Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Minnesota.

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