Mark Pennington argues political systems should be decentralized in order to facilitate experimental learning about distributive justice. Pointing out the problems with Pennington‘s Hayekian formulation, I reframe his argument as an extension of the Millian idea of ―experiments in living.‖ However, the experimental case for decentralization is limited in several ways. Even if decentralization i...

the most fundamental insight in heavenly religions is to recognize the god as a justice commanding and a justice rising which is the base of human’s relation with god. justice philosophical concept is the basis of resurrection. justice and its performance is one of the human’s basic and natural needs, that its existence is ready a good basis for humans society development .the accomplished rese...

Is it possible, after a conflict or genocide, to deliver justice and build a new political order acceptable to all sides previously set on destroying each other? Christian Nadeau looks at recent conflicts in Rwanda and in the former Yugoslavia, among others, to lay down the foundations of a theory of transitional justice. In his view a successful transition to democracy has to be based on repar...

Should the fact that a criminal off ender lives in a society that fails to give him what he ‘deserves’ in terms of economic or political or social rights aff ect the determination of what he ‘deserves’ from that society in terms of punishment? More generally, to what extent is the fairness of a given system of retributive justice dependent on the fairness of the system of distributive or socioe...

What are the main objectives of social protection institutions in developing countries? What should be their scope and reach? What is the source of their legitimacy? Finding appropriate answers to these questions is essential to understanding, and shaping, the emergence of welfare institutions in low- and middle-income countries. Most available answers rely on instrumental arguments. Few make r...

In the present context of ‘get tough on crime’ and ‘back to criminal justice’ campaigns that continue to dominate political agendas throughout Australia, critics point to the inadequacy of ‘welfarist’ or reformist criminological and sociological theories that have informed interventions in the past, and reinforce the need for ‘retributive justice’ models of penal policy. This paper examines his...

This paper will emmine the current use of family group conferencing with regard to young people in the British youth justice system. Restorative justice is currently at the pinnacle of the British political agenda and policy makers are seeking to legislate for more restorative justice practices to take place within the criminal justice system. Much has been written about restorative justice int...

In her book Between Vengeance and Forgiveness, Martha Minow begins a chapter on reparations with a brief discussion of restorative justice. She characterizes restorative justice as seeking “repair of social connections and peace rather than retribution against offenders;” she describes it as “building connections and enhancing communication between perpetrators and those they victimized, and fo...