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Proportionality Requirement

The "Proportionality Requirement" is a legal principle within the doctrine of self-defense that mandates the force used in defense of property must be reasonably necessary and not excessive in relation to the threatened harm, thereby distinguishing it from disproportionate or unreasonable force under the same circumstances.

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Proportionality and Force in International Law

Judith Gardam · American Journal of International Law · 1993 · 329 citations

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Proportionality in the Philosophy of Punishment

Andrew von Hirsch · Crime and Justice · 1992 · 255 citations

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Proportionality in Canadian and German Constitutional Jurisprudence

Dieter Grimm · University of Toronto Law Journal · 2007 · 222 citations · Full text

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The Principle of Proportionality and its Application in EC Law

Gráinne de Búrca · Yearbook of European Law · 1993 · 182 citations

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Proportionality: Challenging the critics

K. Moller · International Journal of Constitutional Law · 2012 · 169 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JM
    Jeff McMahan

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    3 publications · 148 citations

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  2. GN
    Georg Nolte

    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

    2 publications · 53 citations

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  3. EC
    Enzo Cannizzaro

    University of Macerata, Italy

    2 publications · 130 citations

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  4. MS
    Matthew Søberg Shugart

    University of California San Diego, United States

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  5. PT
    Patrick Tomlin

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 61 citations

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Institutions

105

  1. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    224 citations

  2. Ono Academic College

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    88 citations

  3. Trinity College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    141 citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    171 citations

  5. Center for International Environmental Law

    Washington D.C., United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    210 citations

  7. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    74 citations

  8. University of Johannesburg

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    33 citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 6 publications · 148 citations

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  2. International Journal of Constitutional Law

    5 publications · 304 citations

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  3. Israel Law Review

    4 publications · 224 citations

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  4. European Journal of International Law

    EJIL · 3 publications · 223 citations

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  5. Journal of Military Ethics

    JME · 3 publications · 118 citations

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