Public Protection, Proportionality and the Search for Balance / Ministry of Justice, 27 September 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/270907.pdf
"This report examines how courts in the UK and Europe respond when human rights and security appear to conflict. It compares cases from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, and the European Court of Human Rights, and examines how human rights are applied and how courts use the concept of proportionality to mediate conflicts between rights and security. "