The Proportionality and Solidarity Principles and Their Impact on Privacy Laws in German Jurisprudence

Klaus Schmidt and Alejandro Laje
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Klaus Schmidt: Department of Technology, Illinois State University, 5100 Turner Hall, Normal, IL 61790, USA
Alejandro Laje: Faculdad de Derecho y Ciencias Politicas, Universidad Abierta Interamericana, Buenos Aires C1048AAF, Argentina

Laws, 2016, vol. 5, issue 2, 1-11

Abstract: Privacy laws and the use of information technology that guarantee confidentiality and information integrity are components of an individual’s rights in German jurisprudence. The protection of a person’s identity, information, ideas, feelings, emotions and particularly the way to communicate them is considered essential to human dignity. Extensive studies in these areas has made this protection a central pillar of law-related research in Germany.

Keywords: principle of proportionality; principle of solidarity; German jurisprudence; analysis of cases; international jurisprudence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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