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Proportionality Test

SOBEK, Tomáš and Josef MONTAG

Basic information

Original name

Proportionality Test

Name in Czech

Test proporcionality

Authors

SOBEK, Tomáš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Josef MONTAG (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Německo, Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, p. 1691-1695, 5 pp. 2018

Publisher

Springer

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50501 Law

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14220/18:00115862

Organization unit

Faculty of Law

ISBN

978-1-4614-7883-6

Keywords in English

proportionality; law and economics
Změněno: 26/6/2020 08:28, doc. JUDr. Tomáš Sobek, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

courts, typically constitutional courts, to decide hard cases, which are cases where two or more legitimate rights collide. In such cases a decision necessarily leads to one right prevailing at the expense of another. In order to decide such cases correctly, the court must balance the satisfaction of some rights and the damage to other rights resulting from a judgment. This entry overviews the proportionality test and the four steps of implementing the test. We also discuss the incommensurability problem, which is the main criticism of the balancing approach.