Essays on Justice

As human beings, we employ acts of justice in our daily lives, like when you allow the elderly man to take your seat on the bus, or punish your son for misbehaving. Yet, when asked to define the term “justice”, it is challenging. The course...

Introduction What is torture? It is punishment inflicted through means of severe methods meant to cause severe pain in exchange for valuable information or a sadistic action taken by others to exert power. What are war crimes? It is an act carried out during war...

Creating a desire to respect the law is a vital step to building a civilised community. In order for the laws created by the government to be respectable, they must be aligned with our natural laws. St. Thomas Aquinas’ theory of natural law is that...

“Insufficient facts always invite danger” declared Spock to Captain Kirk as the U.S.S. Enterprise was on deep alert after discovering a sleeper cell in space with seventy-two unconscious super-humans inside (Coon, 1967). His tone cautionary, Spock expressed through this quote the necessity to base theories...

Introduction On this paper I will mainly focus and Restorative and Punitive justice by comparing and contrasting them, which of them the bible advocates for, Nature of Kenya’s justice system as well as giving examples from the scripture/bible and which of the two I think...

Majora Carter is one of New York City’s most well-known environmental justice activists. In February 2006, Carter gave an inspiring eighteen minute speech on “Greening the Ghetto” at a TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference in Monterey, California. More specifically, this convention calls attention to the...

There are numerous ways one is able to assess the changes in man’s use of corrections from ancient Greece, to our present day. Jim Finckenauer, a professor at the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, shared his observation for how the history of the United States...

Law, Justice and Judicial Power – Justice Bhagwati’s Approach Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati, is a name that has found it’s place engraved in the judicial realm, above and beyond being the 17th name on the List of Chief Justices of India. He is the man behind...

Law should not stumble, in a way that those who defy it go free and those who seek its protection lose hope. Recommendations of the committee are being revisited by the present Central Govt. As the law and order problem in the country is deteriorating...

More often than not, human is required to look after each other in times of crisis. However, this role changes at an individual level where some feel that this should not be termed as a responsibility but an act of will. This brings about the...

he criminal justice system process for an arrest is pretty much the same for every state, with just a few exceptions. Depending on the state that an individual is in will determine the process of their arrest and the crimes they are charged with. Suspects...

Rapid Response, Neighborhood Watch, and Reactive Policing are three criminal justice policies or practices that I think will continue to be used massively in our society. I say this for a handful of reasons; The issue with rapid response is typically mixed, however there was...

One of the major themes of Dostoevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov is the concept of justice, both earthly and divine. Dostoevsky investigates the differences between the two forms and examines several aspects of justice. The novel introduces several different philosophies on justice and shows what...

Gov. Ralph Northam used his first speech to the General Assembly to seek common ground with Republicans on workforce training, education and economic development, but he also forcefully called for expansion of the state’s Medicaid program as “a matter of basic economic justice” and challenged...

Definitions Justice is the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments (Sandel, 2008). It can also be defined as the legal or philosophical theory by which fairness is administered....

In this short essay, I shall articulate why former Justice Horace Gray holds a particular interest to me. I shall begin by giving a brief biographical sketch of his judicial career for contextual purposes. Next, I shall explain why his opinion on the landmark case...

American’s civil justice system is important because it gives people a chance to receive justice through the legal system when they are injured by misconduct or negligence by others, even if it means taking on large corporations. Although it does not get as much attention...

In The Marrow of Tradition, Charles Chesnutt tells the story of social injustice in the Reconstruction period of the late 1800s. He uses a variety of unique characters, ranging from aristocratic white supremacists to vengeful blacks. Chesnutt criticizes the forceful removal of blacks from political...

Michael J. Sandel discusses how there are three different approaches to justice: welfare, virtue, and freedom. The theme of the book is on how and what is considered moral. He introduces several perspectives on morality and we as readers are given insight into what people...

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came...

In the Plato’s “Republic” the foundation for Polemarchus’ definition of Justice mostly is following in his father’s footsteps with the concept of helping friends and harming enemies, changing from the individual to the collective good. In this paper, I will argue that Polemarchus’ definition of...

The central theme seen in Plato’s Republic is to define different virtues and ideas that are seen to be important in society and life, namely justice in Book I. In the Republic, Plato attempts to answer the question of “what is justice?” All of these...

In discussion of the Atlantic slave exchange, the expression “Middle Passage” regularly emerges. The Middle Passage was the course of sea voyages of Africans taken from their Native land to the shores of the Caribbean and America, where they were constantly bound to a presence...

One of the advantages of blockchain technology is the opportunity to put a digital tag onto objects and document allowing to track movements either physically or online. This feature opens huge possibilities in the joint work of blockchain and law, one of them being the...

“Narrative of Neglect: Texas Prisons for Men” highlights the progress and injustices in Texas Department of Corrections from its inception to 2011 (Price, & Coleman, 2011). It is nearly two centuries since the creation of the Texas prison system, however there have been 37 changes...

The American justice system is one of the best in the world. It has evolved greatly since the creation of the United States more than 200 years. Not only is it less biased and racist, as it was bound to be during the time of...

There is certainly contention over the adolescent equity framework, and on regardless of whether they should concentrate more on restoration or discipline. I feel that all states should keep on expanding their attention on solidifying up the adolescent equity framework, by including discipline as the...

The society we live in today; the juvenile justice system is a major concern of law enforcement. Are Juvenile’s too young and underdeveloped physically and mentally to be sentenced to death for the murders they commit? Or do they really know what the thoughts are...

Power is something that must people tend to struggle with while other want it and some, abuse it. We live in a government where power is everything. Power is defined as the ability to influence a person behavior by getting them to do what you...