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Year 2019 
Volume 11 
Issue 2

Proportionality as the Tool for Adjudicating Conflicts of Fundamental Rights – Criticism and Retort

Magdalena Michalska
Jagiellonian University

2019 11 (2) Krytyka Prawa. Niezależne studia nad prawem

DOI 10.7206/kp.2080-1084.309

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Abstract

Even though the proportionality principle is well-established for judicial review in matters pertaining to human rights in modern constitutional law in numerous jurisdictions, it has recently become subject to a growing tide of criticism. The article aims to describe and critically analyze the main arguments raised by the opponents of using proportionality as the tool for adjudicating conflicts of fundamental rights. After briefly describing the typical and the most common structure of the proportionality test as it is used in constitutional law, the author would present – and then dismiss – the three most significant allegations towards the proportionality analysis, namely: the problem of incommensurability, the alleged proportionality’s moral neutrality as well as the scope of judicial discretion that is claimed to be too wide according to some of proportionality’s opponents.

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Michalska, Magdalena (2019). Michalska, M. . (2019). Proportionality as the Tool for Adjudicating Conflicts of Fundamental Rights – Criticism and Retort. Krytyka Prawa. Niezależne Studia Nad Prawem, 11(2), 253-269. https://doi.org/10.7206/kp.2080-1084.309 (Original work published 2019)

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Michalska, Magdalena. Michalska, M. . “Proportionality As The Tool For Adjudicating Conflicts Of Fundamental Rights – Criticism And Retort”. 2019. Krytyka Prawa. Niezależne Studia Nad Prawem, vol. 11, no. 2, 2019, pp. 253-269.

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Michalska, Magdalena. Michalska, Magdalena . “Proportionality As The Tool For Adjudicating Conflicts Of Fundamental Rights – Criticism And Retort”. Krytyka Prawa. Niezależne Studia Nad Prawem, Krytyka Prawa. Niezależne studia nad prawem, 11, no. 2 (2019): 253-269. doi:10.7206/kp.2080-1084.309.

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