MY IDEA AND UNDERSTANDING OF JUSTICE

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  • Pravina Khuraijam 3rd Year BA student, Lady Shri Ram College for Women (University of Delhi), India Author

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Abstract

Justice,  in  the  Preamble  to  the  Constitution  of  India  (Part  III  &  IV),  stands  for  rule  of  law, absence  of  arbitrariness  and  a  system  of  equal  rights,  freedom  and  opportunities  for all  in  a  society.    India  looks forward to  social,  economic  and  political  justice  to  ensure  equality  to its  citizens.  Justice  in  its  very  nature  is  a  concept  having  wholesome  of  existing    pursuits altogether  in  the  field  of  co-existential,  individual  and  social  life. Justice  was  counted  as  one  of  the  most  important    cardinal  virtues  (of  four  cardinals);  in  modern times  John  Rawls  famously  described  it  as  ‘the  first  virtue  of  social  institutions’  (Rawls  1971,  p. 3;  Rawls,  1999,  p.3).    The  idea  of  justice  symbolises a nucleus  platform  both  in  ethics,  and    legal  and political  philosophy. 

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21-08-2021

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Pravina Khuraijam. “MY IDEA AND UNDERSTANDING OF JUSTICE ”. Journal of Legal Studies & Research, vol. 7, no. 4, Aug. 2021, pp. 323-9, https://journal.thelawbrigade.com/jlsr/article/view/2625.