NCJ Number
12565
Date Published
1972
Length
342 pages
Annotation
COLLECTION OF MATERIALS DESIGNED FOR TEACHER-TRAINING USING THE PRINCIPLE THAT JUSTICE IS TREATING LIKE CASES ALIKE AND DIFFERENT CASES DIFFERENTLY.
Abstract
THE AUTHORS USE A CLASSIFICATION WHICH BREAKS DOWN ISSUES INTO QUESTIONS OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE, PROCEDURAL JUSTICE, AND CORRECTIVE JUSTICE. THUS, PART I FOCUSES UPON THE FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS AND BURDENS, PART II ON FAIR PROCEDURES FOR MAKING DECISIONS, AND PART III ON FAIR CORRECTION OF WRONGS OR INJURIES. READERS AND THEIR STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO CONSIDER SPECIFIC ISSUES FROM WHICH SUCH QUESTIONS ARISE, TO MAKE TENTATIVE JUDGMENTS OR EVALUATIONS IN TERMS OF FAIRNESS, AND TO EXAMINE THE CRITERIA AND PRINCIPLES THEY ARE USING FOR DOING SO. THE RESULT SHOULD BE AN INCREASE IN THE SOPHISTICATION WITH WHICH THEY DEAL WITH SUCH ISSUES. FOR THE OTHER VOLUMES ON THE CONCEPT OF JUSTICE, SEE NCJ12559, 12560 AND 12564. FOR AN OVERVIEW OF THE LAW IN A FREE SOCIETY SERIES, SEE NCJ-12570. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)