corrective justice
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcorrectiveandjustice
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corrective
adjective
uk/kəˈrek.tɪv/us/kəˈrek.tɪv/
intended to improve ...
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justice
noun
uk/ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/us/ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/
fairness in the way people are ...
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(Definition ofcorrectiveandjusticefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He does, however, note the existence of 'our ordinary intuitions aboutcorrectivejustice' (p. 21).
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Thus, strict liability violates the correlativity of duty and right at the heart ofcorrectivejustice.
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Correctivejusticeis defined as "numerical" equality of differences.
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Correctivejustice, then, is a part of justice, but it is not a partial justice.
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Many commentators argue that private law is a matter ofcorrectivejustice, though there is room for argument about what exactly is meant by this.
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To extend the metaphor to judges generally, we can abstract from the comparative aspect ofcorrectivejusticeand concentrate on its requitative aspect.
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Our tort law's system of imposing liability on defendants if they have tortiously injured plaintiffs is essentially a system ofcorrectivejustice.
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However, this appeal to the character of existing corrective practices does not directly impeach the position thatcorrectivejusticeis normatively subordinate to distributive justice.
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We might, in some circumstances, have to regard such practices as manifesting only partial or deficientcorrectivejustice.
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There is no overall form of justice that captures both distributive andcorrectivejustice.
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Finally, jury practice may embody a principle or principles other than, or in addition to,correctivejustice.
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It is not difficult to conceive of cases where entire political communities wrong individuals and therefore have duties ofcorrectivejusticeto such individuals.
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If entire communities can have duties undercorrectivejusticeto individuals they wrong, then they could conceivably have such duties when nature does the wrong.
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This is the larger point of thecorrectivejusticetheorist's critique of law and economics.
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A similar argument may be offered for each of the structural features pointed to by thecorrectivejusticetheorist.
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Perhaps this exploration will end up lending support to thecorrectivejusticeaccount.
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Libertarians are well able to distinguish the duties all of us have under distributive justice from what those wrongdoers have undercorrectivejustice.
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Accordingly, there are two forms of absolute justice: absolute distributive justice and absolutecorrectivejustice.
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Even in relation to libertarian theories, the fear thatcorrectivejusticewill not be distinct seems exaggerated.
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