21 Pages Posted: 2 Jan 2013

Date Written: January 1, 2013

Abstract

This paper deals with the existence of proportions in the universe, in nature and in science, inquiring whether this concept is merely a human creation. It examines the way proportions have been related historically to the concept of beauty and harmony, especially in aesthetics and art. This leads to reflections on the idea of proportions implicit in the concept of justice, highlighting the juridical principle of proportionality. Considering that present-day societies are complex and therefore generate juridical paradoxes, we examine the question of the symmetrical and proportional forms in chaos, namely fractals. We inquire whether it is not now time to think in terms of modes of multidimensional equilibrium in juridical theory, and we seek to base the idea of justice on the concept of proportions, in an interdisciplinary way.