1. CONCEPT OF JUSTICE
Justice is concerned with human welfare and the
protection of the reasonable interests.This can be
experienced only when each citizen performs his
duties in right prospective.
Acc. To salmond –”justice means to provide every
body his share.”
Acc. To thasymychus –”justice is the inetrests of
the powerfull.”
2. CHARACTERISTICS OF JUSTICE
• 1. HUMAN WELFARE
• 2.ETHICAL CONCEPT
• 3.CHANGEABILITY
• 4.FULFILMENT OF REASONABLE
INTERESTS
3. • 5.PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES
• 6.TO PROVIDE EVERYBODY HIS
REASONABLE SHARE
• 7.JUSTICE IS RELATED TO VALUES
PREVAILING IN SOCIETY
4. BASIC POSTULATES OF JUSTICE
• 1.TRUTH
• 2.UNIFORM VALUES
• 3.EQUALITY BEFORE LAW
• 4.LIBERTY
• 5.IMPARTIALITY
5. • 6. RESPECT OF INDIVIDUALS ABILITY AND
CAPABILITY
• 7.PROTECTIVE DISCRIMINATION IS NOT
INJUSTICE
• 8.PROVISION OF RIGHTS
• 9.FULFILMENT OF BASIC NEEDS
6. VARIOUS DIMENSIONS OF JUSTICE
• There are four types of dimensions-
• 1.LEGAL DIMENSION OF JUSTICE
• 2.POLITICAL DIMNESION OF JUSTICE
• 3.SOCIAL DIMENSION OF JUSTICE
• 4.ECONOMIC DIMENSION OF JUSTICE
7. LEGAL DIMENSION OF JUSTICE
• 1.LAWS SHOULD BE JUST
• 2.JUSTICE ACCORDING TO LAW
• 3.PURPOSE OF PUNISHMENT
8. • PURPOSE OF PUNISHMENT
It is futhur of three kinds-
1. REFORMATORY THEORY
2. RETRIBUTIVE THEORY
3. DETERGENT THEORY
10. POLITICAL DIMENSION OF
JUSTICE
• 1.UNIVERSAL ADULT FRANCHISE
• 2.RIGHT TO CONTEST ELECTIONS
• 3.RIGHT TO CRITICIZE GOVERNMENT
• 4.RIGHT TO FORM POLITICAL PARTIES
• 5.RIGHT TO PROTEST
11. • 6. RIGHT TO PETITION
• 7. RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS
• 8. PROTECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF
MINORITIES
• 9. POLITICAL AUTHORITY SHOULD BE
BASED ON THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE
• 10. DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM
12. • 11.SPECIAL PROVISION FOR THE
PROTECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF
BACKWARD CLASSES AND BACKWARD
TRIBES
• 12.PERIODICAL ELECTIONS
• 13.PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION
13. SOCIAL DIMENSION OF JUSTICE
• 1.EQUAITY BEFORE LAW
• 2.ABSENCE OF SPECIAL RIGHTS
• 3.PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION
• 4.ABOLITION OF SUPERSTITIONS AND
SOCIAL EVILS
14. • 5.TO END CASTE SYSTEM
• 6.JUST DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
• 7.DEMCRATIC GOVERNMENT
• 8.JUST BALANCE BETWEEN FREEDOM AND
SOCIAL CONTROL
15. • 9.SOCIAL SECURITY
• 10.PROVISION OF EQUAL POLITICAL RIGHTS
• 11.PROTECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF
MINORITIES
16. ECONOMIC DIMENSION OF JUSTICE
• 1.RIGHT TO WORK FOR EVERYBODY
• 2.FULFILMENT OF BASIC NEEDS
• 3.TO REDUCE WIDE ECONOMIC
DISPARITIES
• 4.EQUAL WAGES FOR SAME JOB
17. • 5.PROTECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF
WORKERS
• 6.FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY
AND TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEEDS
• 7.JUST DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
• 8.END OF ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION
18. • 9. SPECIAL PROTECTION OF THE INTERESTS
OF WEAKER SECTIONS
• 10.LIMITED RIGHT TO PROPERTY
• 11.WELFARE STATE
19. CONCLUSION
legal ;economic ;social and political dimensions
of justice but the reality is that there is very
close affinity among all these aspects like that
of man and his shadow. We cannot expect
justice in the absence of any of these
dimensions. A just society is that society
where every individual gets legal ; political ;
social and economic justice.