The Contact Point and Difference between the Principle of Prohibition of Excessively Abundant Restriction and the Principle of Prohibition of Excessively Deficient Protection as Constitutional Principles

Abstract

The proportionality principle is a constitutional principle that has a constitutional basis and effect. It is generally agreed that the principle of proportionality consists of four partial principles: the principle of justification for the end, the principle of suitability of means, the principle of minimal harm, and the principle of balance of legal interests. The principle of proportionality is embodied in the principle of prohibition of excessively abundant restriction and the principle of excessively deficient protection in accordance with legal interests guaranteed by constitutional rights. In the case of the defensive right that can demand negative actions from the state, the proportionality principle is embodied as the principle of prohibition of excessively abundant restriction, and in the case of the benefit right that can demand positive actions from the state, the proportionality principle is embodied as the principle of prohibition of excessively deficient protection. Since the principle of proportionality is specified in common between the principle of prohibition of excessively abundant restriction and the principle of prohibition of excessively deficient protection, the four partial principles of the principle of proportionality must be applied whether they are applied as the former principle or the latter. However, the specific contents of the application of the four partial principles included in the proportionality principle may vary because the protected legal interests and restrictions that are problematic in the principle of prohibition of excessively abundant restriction and the principle of prohibition of excessively deficient protection are different.