The Principle of Proportionality in Contemporary Ibero-American Law

Abstract

This article is a review of a series of articles found in the following book collection, CARBONELL, M., El principio de proporcionalidad y la interpretación constitucional, CARBONELL, M. y GRÁNDEZ CASTRO,P., El principio de proporcionalidad en el Derecho contemporáneo, y CARBONELL M. (editor) Argumentación jurídica. El juicio de ponderación y el principio de proporcionalidad. These articles are written mostly by Ibero-American authors, and they synthesize and critically review the analysis proposed by ROBERT ALEXY. The reader will find articles by specialists who defend and develop this theory, as well as articles in which alternative analyses of the argumentative structure of this principle are proposed, and finally, articles in which its application in national legal systems is analyzed. We believe that the positions developed by these specialists (some of them students of ALEXY) allow us to form a clear perspective on the main discussions on the argumentative structure and the application of this principle in the Ibero-American context. The objective of the article is to identify and reconstruct the positions and arguments of these specialists.