Title Proportionality and judicial activism : fundamental rights adjudication in Canada, Germany and South Africa / Niels Petersen, Professor of Public Law, International Law and EU Law, University of Münster, Faculty of Law.

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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

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Note	Based on the author's thesis (Habilitation - Universität, Bonn, 2012) issued under title: Verhältnismässigkeit als Rationalitätskontrolle : eine rechtsempirische Studie verfassungsrechtlicher Rechtsprechung zu den Freiheitsgrundrechten.
Summary	"The principle of proportionality is currently one of the most discussed topics in the field of comparative constitutional law. Many critics claim that courts use the proportionality test as an instrument of judicial self-empowerment. Proportionality and Judicial Activism tests this hypothesis empirically; it systematically and comparatively analyses the fundamental rights jurisprudence of the Canadian Supreme Court, the German Federal Constitutional Court and the South African Constitutional Court. The book shows that the proportionality test does give judges a considerable amount of discretion. However, this analytical openness does not necessarily lead to judicial activism. Instead, judges are faced with significant institutional constraints, as a result of which all three examined courts refrain from using proportionality for purposes of judicial activism"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction; 1. Judicial review and the correction of political market failures; 2. The normative debate on balancing; 3. Balancing and judicial legitimacy; 4. Proportionality as a doctrinal construction; 5. The avoidance of balancing; 6. Rationalising balancing; Conclusion: proportionality and the review of legislative rationality.
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Subject	Political questions and judicial power -- Canada.
	Political questions and judicial power.
	Canada.
	Political questions and judicial power -- Germany.
	Germany.
	Political questions and judicial power -- South Africa.
	South Africa.
	Proportionality in law -- Canada.
	Proportionality in law.
	Proportionality in law -- Germany.
	Proportionality in law -- South Africa.
	Courts of last resort -- Canada.
	Courts of last resort -- Germany.
	Courts of last resort -- South Africa.
	LAW -- Constitutional.
	Courts of last resort.
	LAW -- Public.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Editions:	Revision of: Petersen, Niels. Verhältnismässigkeit als Rationalitätskontrolle. Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2015 9783161535109
Other Form:	Print version: Petersen, Niels. Proportionality and judicial activism. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017 9781107177987 (DLC) 2016058544 (OCoLC)962230767
ISBN	9781316838624 (electronic book)
	1316838625 (electronic book)
	9781316823330
	1316823334
	9781316630822 (paperback)
	131663082X
	9781107177987
	1107177987

Title Proportionality and judicial activism : fundamental rights adjudication in Canada, Germany and South Africa / Niels Petersen, Professor of Public Law, International Law and EU Law, University of Münster, Faculty of Law.

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