In the UK, the government's own sentencing advisory panel has recently questioned the proportionality of sentencing for drugs offences.
The report questioned the proportionality of Israel's own blockade and its implications for the prospects of a lasting peace.
While [ 28] implemented these contact structures in a mathematical framework and compared it to the traditional WAIFW-matrices approach and the mass action principle, [ 29] focused on the statistical uncertainty in the estimation procedure and questioned the proportionality assumption on which [ 5] based their approach.
So I think it is right to ask questions about the proportionality of modern intelligence-gathering and use of data and, crucially, the accountability".
Nada Ahmed said there were questions surrounding the "proportionality" of the scheme which was introduced by the Care Quality Commission a year ago at 11 failing hospital trusts.
There were "question marks over the proportionality and legality of a response to a cyber-attack", it added.
"Beyond the question of guilt or innocence, of course, is the question of proportionality and fairness of the sentencing process," said Rob Warden, director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University, which is helping coordinate the petitions for clemency.
In this context, the proportionality question is judged by the destruction which the war will cause, weighed against the good it may do.In this section Can diplomacy be given a chance?
Finally, I must stress that the lawfulness of military action depends not only on the existence of a legal basis, but also on the question of proportionality.
Questions were raised about the proportionality of covert tactics and of such a lengthy and costly operation targeting green campaigners planning to invade Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station near Nottingham.
