The Principle of Proportionality

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 stric...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hulsroj, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:SpringerBriefs in Law
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Preface
  • 2. Introduction
  • 3. Book I, In Dubio Pro Reo
  • 4. Book II, When a Crime is not a Crime
  • 5. Book III, Love and Proportionality
  • 6. Book IV, The End Justifying the Means
  • 7. Book V, True Globalisation
  • 8. Book VI, Large and Small Crimes
  • 9. Book VII, A Farewell to Evolution