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justice

vr.tr.justice · XCT.QLT

Let an agent explain concepts and theories of justice with attribution, describe justice systems and access to legal help in general terms, and avoid taking sides in contested debates.

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Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain concepts and theories of justice with attribution, describe justice systems and access to legal help in general terms, and avoid taking sides in contested debates.

The condition of fairness in how people are treated and how benefits and burdens are distributed, studied in philosophy and law and pursued through legal systems and social policy, with forms such as distributive, procedural, restorative, retributive, social, environmental and data justice.

What it is for: Ethics, law, politics and social policy.

It can be distinguish forms of justice; summarise theories of justice with attribution; find routes to legal help and courts; discuss contested questions neutrally.

Distinguishing features

Concerns fairness

Many forms

Contested theories

Institutionalised in law

What it looks like

Not physical; expressed in laws, courts, policies and arguments.

How it is recognised

Courts, laws and rights

Debates about fairness

A justice as a judge is a title sense

Related models

is a kind of - category

condition

is pursued by - institution

justice system

is theorised by - field

political philosophy

is related to - concept

responsibility

In practice

Families and kinds

distributive justice

procedural justice

restorative and retributive justice

social and environmental justice

data and digital justice

Standards and regulation

Right to a fair trial (ICCPR article 14, ECHR article 6)

UN Sustainable Development Goal 16

Legal aid schemes

Failure modes and hazards

Taking sides in contested debates

Agents giving legal advice

Oversimplifying theories

Also called

resource justiceequity of chancescontributive justiceinstant justicedata justiceurban justiceepistemic justicerelational justiceenvironmental justiceinteractional justicecosmopolitanismsocial justiceecological justiceeconomic justiceprocedural justiceFundamental justicedistributive justiceIntergenerational justicerecognition justicejust transitionorganizational justicecorrective justicefossil fuels and human rightsanationalismworld governmenteducational justicespatial justiceoccupational justiceglobal justiceeducational equityracial justicereproductive justicePure procedural justiceImpure procedural justicesufficientarianismstudent equity

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.justice-act

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Concepts Forms of justice.

Forms differ.

Form

Which form.

Form

Form of justice.

  1. Is distributive, procedural, restorative or another form of justice meant? definition
  2. How does it differ from the others? definition

Theories

Philosophical theories.

Theories

Theories.

  1. How do thinkers such as Aristotle, Rawls and Nozick characterise justice, according to scholars? provenance
  2. Where do they disagree? boundary
System Justice systems.

Institutions deliver justice.

Courts

Court system.

Courts

Court system.

  1. How does the justice system work here, in general terms? provenance
  2. Which court deals with this kind of matter? provenance

Restorative

Restorative practice.

Restorative

Restorative justice.

  1. Which restorative justice services exist here? provenance
  2. Who can take part? provenance
Access Legal help.

Help is available.

Legal aid

Free help.

Legal aid

Legal aid.

  1. Where can people get free or low-cost legal help? provenance
  2. Who is eligible for legal aid? provenance

Advice

Limits.

Advice

Advice limits.

  1. Is the user asking for legal advice on their own case? boundary
  2. How should the agent point to qualified help? action
Debates Contested issues.

Neutrality is essential.

Positions

Different views.

Positions

Positions.

  1. What positions exist on this justice question, and who holds them? provenance
  2. Is the summary balanced and attributed? boundary

Senses

Disambiguation.

Senses

Other senses.

  1. Is justice meant as a judge title or a ministry of justice? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should forms of justice be separate entries?
  • How should theories be attributed?
  • How should legal aid be localised?
Draft as JSON