Research Catalog

Title

Pursuing justice : traditional and contemporary issues in our communities and the world / Ralph A. Weisheit and Frank Morn.

Author

Weisheit, Ralph A.

Publication

• New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

Morn, Frank, 1937-

Description

277 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Pursuing Justice, Third Edition, examines the issue of justice by considering the origins of the idea, formal systems of justice, current global issues of justice, and ways in which justice might be achieved by individuals, organizations, and the global community. Part I demonstrates how the idea of justice has emerged over time, starting with religion and philosophy, and then to the concept of social justice. Part II outlines the very different mechanisms used by various nations for achieving state justice, including systems based on common law, civil law, and Islamic law, with a separate discussion of the US justice system. Part III focuses on six contemporary issues of justice: war, immigration, domestic terrorism, genocide, slavery, and the environment. Finally, Part IV shows how individuals and organizations can go about pursuing justice, and describes the rise of global justice.

Subject

• Justice
• Law
• Human rights

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface -- Part I: What Is Justice? -- 1: Religion and Justice -- Judaism -- Christianity -- Islam -- Hinduism -- Buddhism -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 2: Philosophy and Justice -- Distributive Justice -- Rectificatory Justice -- Utilitarianism -- Categorical Thinking -- Natural Rights -- Fairness -- Discussion Questions -- 3: Justice and the State -- The Social Contract -- Nature of Law -- Liberty, Equality, and Justice -- War -- Criminal Justice -- Capital Punishment -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 4: Social Justice -- Human Rights -- Justice and Economics Gender Justice Racial Justice -- Environmental Justice -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Part II: Formal Systems of Justice -- 5: Common Law Systems -- Feudalism -- Custom -- Equity -- Characteristics of Common Law -- Definition of Crime -- Statute -- Process as Justice -- Procedure -- Lawyers: Education and Practice -- Decisions of the Courts -- Legal Literature -- Public and Private Law -- Jury -- Modern-Day Structure of the Legal System -- Legal Profession -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 6: Civil Law Systems -- History -- Rome -- Canon Law -- The French Revolution -- The United States -- Characteristics of the Civil Law Tradition Definitions of the Law Statute -- Legal Personnel -- The Judge -- Legal Scholars -- Lawyers -- Civil Procedure -- Criminal Procedure -- Modern-Day Structure of a Civil Law System: France -- Political Structure and Background -- Administration of Justice -- Police -- Judiciary -- Legal Profession -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 7: Islamic Law Systems -- Islam -- Islam Is Not the Same Everywhere -- Sources of Islamic Law -- Crime and Punishment Under Islamic Law -- Criminal Procedure Under Islamic Law -- Islamic Law Courts -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 8: Justice American Style -- Efficiency Versus Inefficiency and Justice Overview of the American Criminal Justice Process Issues in American Justice -- The Police and Profiling -- Wrongful Convictions -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Part III: Contemporary Issues -- 9: Immigration and Justice -- Geography and Immigration -- Philosophy and Immigration -- Politics and Immigration -- Political Ideology -- Economics and Immigration -- Race and Religion and Immigration -- History and Immigration -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 10: War and Justice -- History and the Impact of War -- Just War Doctrine: Going to War -- Just War Doctrine: Conducting War -- Combatants -- Noncombatants -- "The 80% Rule" Just War Doctrine: Treating the Vanquished -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 11: Terrorism -- Domestic Terrorism -- Types of Domestic Terrorism -- Anti-Government Terrorism -- Religion-Based Terrorism -- Race-Based Terrorism -- Christian Identity as a Unifying Theme -- Sovereign Citizens Movement -- Emerging Trends -- Justice and Domestic Terrorism -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 12: Contemporary Slavery -- Introduction -- Slavery in Modern America -- The New Slavery -- Chattel Slavery in Africa: Mauritania -- Debt Bondage: Pakistan and India -- Pakistan -- India -- Contract Slavery: Brazil and Thailand -- Brazil -- Sex Slavery in Thailand -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 13: Genocide -- Defining Genocide -- Conditions Leading to Genocide -- Genocide and War -- Genocide and Colonization -- Genocide and Decolonization -- Responding to Genocide -- Genocide in the Past Century -- The Armenian Genocide (1915-1918) -- Rwanda (1994) -- Sudan (2003 -- Present) -- The Rohingya (1948-Present) -- Denying Genocide -- Preventing Genocide -- What Can Be Done? -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 14: The Environment -- Water -- Desalination -- Water and Food -- Water and Health -- Water and Manufacturing -- Privatization of Water -- Water and War -- Water and Other Natural Resources -- Emerging Issues -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Part IV: Strategies for Achieving Justice -- 15: Individual Strategies for Achieving Justice -- Educating the Public -- Rachel Carson's Silent Spring -- Civil Disobedience -- Gandhi -- Civil Procedures -- Guerilla Tactics -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 16: Organizations Seeking Justice -- Social Movements -- Black Lives Matter -- #Me too Movement -- Never Again MSD -- Educating the Public -- Amnesty International -- Human Rights Watch -- Civil Action -- Civil Disobedience -- Operation Rescue -- Greenpeace -- Violence -- the JDL -- The IRA -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 17: Global Justice -- War -- The Nuremberg Trials -- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- The European Court of Human Rights -- Temporary Tribunals -- A Permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) -- Truth and Reconciliation Commissions -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Conclusion: Justice is an Evolving Concept

Call Number

JFE 19-4326

ISBN

• 9781138336049
• 1138336041
• 9781138389441
• 1138389447

LCCN

2018035411

OCLC

1047794001

Author

Weisheit, Ralph A., author.

Title

Pursuing justice : traditional and contemporary issues in our communities and the world / Ralph A. Weisheit and Frank Morn.

Publisher

New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Morn, Frank, 1937- author.

Other Form:

Online version: Weisheit, Ralph A., author. Pursuing justice Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 9780429423901 (DLC) 2018042214

Research Call Number

JFE 19-4326