Jacob Weinrib (Queen's University) has posted When Trumps Clash: Dworkin and the Doctrine of Proportionality on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This paper explores the relationship between Ronald’s Dworkin’s rights as trumps model and the doctrine of proportionality. If there is one point on which defenders and critics of proportionality agree, it is that Dworkin’s model stands as a radical alternative to the doctrine – an alternative that takes constitutional rights seriously by denying that their infringement could be justified. This paper argues that this view is mistaken. Far from rejecting the doctrine of proportionality, Dworkin’s model is an instance of a prominent version of it. Proportionality formulates a set of conditions that specify what it means for government to take rights seriously when they conflict with other trumps. When Dworkin engages with the moral complexities of cases in which trumps conflict, he reaches for the same conditions.
Highly recommended.