The novel part of this paper is a model of the principle of proportionality, as the cornerstone of the doctrine of fundamental rights. German law, and with some modifications also the law of the European Community and the European Convention on Human Rights, do not categorically outlaw...

Historische Einordnung -- Epistemologische Grundlagen -- Ökonomische Theorie -- Gesellschaftstheorie und normative Positionen -- Untersuchung der Vorwürfe der Normativität und Unwissenschaftlichkeit.

This paper (1) investigates Hayek's proposition that law in the sense of universal rules of conduct and property are the only solution to the problem of reconciling indi-vidual freedom with the absence of conflict. It (2) argues that the test of the compatibility with the inherited body of law...