The Principle of Proportionality in the Laws of Europe

This book of essays, the product of a conference held at the University of Birmingham in the spring of 1998, contains contributions from a group of extremely distinguished scholars in the fields of both public and private law. The meaning of proportionality is examined in a number of different contexts, including those of EC law, the domestic law of the member states of the EU, and the law of the European Convention on Human Rights.