notion of justice
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnotionandjustice
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notion
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/
a belief ...
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justice
noun
uk/ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/us/ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/
fairness in the way people are ...
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(Definition ofnotionandjusticefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thisnotionofjusticeassumes people's equal moral worth.
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There seems to be some relativization of thenotionofjusticein this passage.
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This involves a positive or substantivenotionofjustice.
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Of course, unlike medicine, the socially constructed nature of criminal justice implies that we could change ournotionofjusticeto one that reflects fast and frugal behaviour.
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I merely wish slightly to widen it so that there is not a formal restriction to some rather abstractnotionofjustice.
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How can there be anynotionofjusticein such an area without a substantial legal aid scheme?
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Is not the arbitrary implementation of the law just as offensive to the elementarynotionofjusticeas an arbitrary law?
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Thatnotionofjusticeis essentially mathematical and invokes consistency.
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The mandatory minimum sentence is a filing clerk'snotionofjustice: you put it under a particular heading and then you know what sentence to give it.
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He received six years in jail for corruption, following what most outside observers considered to be farcical proceedings which were a travesty of anynotionofjustice.
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I should also like to repudiate in the strongest possible terms the attempt to confuse thenotionofjusticewith the notion of revenge and retribution.
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Each culture's ethics create values which influence thenotionofjustice.
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Thisnotionofjusticestands against positive peace which is subordinate to states positive laws the characteristics of which are relativity and pluralism.
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There is also reason to think that there will be intense disagreement about social meanings, on the basis of conflicting general notions of justice.
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Their notions of justice and virtue are at distinct odds with the contemporary directions in welfare reform.
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Two radically different notions of justice appear to drive these and other arguments on behalf of a particular division of surplus value from civilization.
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Specific outcomes were determined by the knowledge and skills of litigants and judges, the biases and notions of justice of the judge, as well as social circumstances and local values.
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That is a system which is absolutely alien to our notions of justice and it should not be allowed to continue any further.
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An appeal to an official does not have the appearance of justice, and it is not just according to our notions of justice throughout our judicial system.
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