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Henrik Wenander

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Europeanisation of the Proportionality Principle in Denmark, Finland and Sweden

Author

  • Henrik Wenander

Summary, in English

Under the influence of EU law and the ECHR, proportionality has developed into a central feature of contemporary European administrative law, on both the national and the Union level. The article examines this development with respect to the three EU Member States of Denmark, Finland and Sweden. These Nordic legal systems share certain fundamental conceptions of law, such as the limited importance of legal formalities and the associated ‘pragmatism’; the more limited role of all-embracing legal principles; and the central role of and trust in the legislator. These Nordic experiences may therefore differ from both continental (‘civil law’) and Anglo-Saxon (‘common law’) attitudes to proportionality and may contribute to a bigger picture of some features of the phenomenon of Europeanisation. The main question for the article is how the principle of proportionality in administrative law has developed and responded to this European influence in the three states.

Department/s

  • Department of Law
  • Public Law

Publishing year

2020-07

Language

English

Pages

133-153

Publication/Series

Review of European Administrative Law

Volume

13

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Paris Legal Publishers

Topic

  • Law

Keywords

  • Constitutional Law
  • Administrative Law
  • Nordic Law
  • Proportionality
  • EU Law

Status

Published

Project

  • Den offentliga förvaltningens konstitutionella roll i Norden: demokrati, rättssäkerhet och effektivitet under europeisk påverkan

Research group

  • Public Law

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1874-7981