NCJ Number
187803
Editor(s)
Joseph Sanders,
V. Lee Hamilton
Date Published
2001
Length
400 pages
Annotation
The essays in this book provide a broad survey of the empirical research on the dimensions of justice, the relationship among justice dimensions, and law and culture.
Abstract
Following the introductory chapter, the next three chapters address the basic forms of justice -- procedural, retributive, and distributive. These chapters are the "lynchpin" of the volume, as they provide the building blocks for the other chapters in terms of how they relate to the fundamental forms of justice. An essay on retribution and revenge includes discussions of psychological mechanisms in retributive justice as well as the arousal of retributive motives and their consequences. The essay on procedural justice focuses on what makes a procedure fair; and the essay on distributive justice considers recent theoretical developments and applications. The five chapters that constitute the central section of the volume consider the many ways in which the justice dimensions relate to one another. Most important for law is the relationship of perceptions of procedural justice and the two types of substantive justice, i.e., retributive and distributive. Among the topics discussed in these chapters are paternalism, power, and respect in lawyer-client relations; the juvenile court; legal institutions in civil disputes (regulatory and administrative agencies); mediation; and wage justice for women. The final section of the book contains two chapters that examine whether conceptions of justice in the legal context differ according to one's gender or culture. Chapter references and a subject index