Date: 2010
Type: Article
Doing Justice to Rights and Values: teleological reasoning and proportionality
Artificial Intelligence and Law, 2010, 18, 2, 175-215
SARTOR, Giovanni, Doing Justice to Rights and Values: teleological reasoning and proportionality, Artificial Intelligence and Law, 2010, 18, 2, 175-215
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/15974
Retrieved from Cadmus, EUI Research Repository
This paper studies how legal choices, and in particular legislative determinations, need to consider multiple rights and values, and can be assessed accordingly. First it is argued that legal norms (and in particular constitutional rightnorms) often prescribe the pursuit of goals, which may be in conflict one with another. Then a model of teleological reasoning is brought to bear on choices affecting different goals, among which those prescribed by constitutional norms. An analytical framework is provided for evaluating such choices with regard to possible alternatives. The assessment of legislative choices according to proportionality is then considered, and is modelled using the provided analytical framework. Finally, the framework is expanded to include the ideas of reasonableness and institutional deference, and the corresponding margins of appreciation.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/15974
ISSN: 0924-8463
Files associated with this item
Files | Size | Format | View |
---|---|---|---|
There are no files associated with this item. |