Conclusion

Summary

Local Versions of Proportionality. The study of difference in the use of proportionality is crucial to understanding its spread and its effects. Throughout this work, I have attempted to render the differences in the use of proportionality in France, England and Greece less enigmatic by placing them within their own context. To do so, I have approached law and proportionality as instances of language that make sense within a particular legal culture. My purpose has been to identify and interpret the local versions of proportionality, and the way they have evolved over time. Hence, I have attempted to construct a coherent discourse around the emergence and evolution of proportionality in different contexts that makes sense of its peculiar characteristics. Put briefly, I have attempted to unravel the local meanings of proportionality by reconstructing the expectations that legal actors have attached to it each time. Local meanings of proportionality unveil local paths of cultural change under pressure from external influence. Hence, their examination proves insightful as to the possibility of convergence between legal systems and as to the past and future of European integration.