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Justice and Democracy
Publisher Description
Why Social Justice Matters
He proposes a number of policies to achieve a more equal society and argues that they are economically feasible.
Culture and Equality
All major western countries today contain groups that differ in their religious beliefs, customary practices or ideas about the right way in which to live. How should public policy respond to this diversity? In this important new work, Brian Barry challenges the currently orthodox answer and develops a powerful restatement of an egalitarian liberalism for the twenty-first century. Until recently it was assumed without much question that cultural diversity could best be accommodated by leaving cultural minorities free to associate in pursuit of their distinctive ends within the limits imposed by a common framework of laws. This solution is rejected by an influential school of political theori...
Why Social Justice Matters
He proposes a number of policies to achieve a more equal society and argues that they are economically feasible.
The Liberal Theory of Justice
This text contains a thurough examination of John Rawls' 'A Theory of Justice', looking at how this wor has influenced justice and the theor of justice in the modern era.
Impartiality, Neutrality and Justice
Brian Barry's Justice as Impartiality confronts issues at the heart of modern political philosophy. This important collection examines various aspects of his argument and expands the discussion beyond the text to explore wider issues at the centre of contemporary debates about the nature and theories of distributive justice. It brings together responses from a wide range of Barry's critics including feminists, utilitarians, mutual advantage theorists, care theorists and anti-contractarians.Suitable for both undergraduates and academics working in political and legal theory, this text serves as an ideal companion volume to Barry's work. The expansion of each contributor's focus beyond the iss...
How Judges Judge
A judge’s role is to make decisions. This book is about how judges undertake this task. It is about forces on the judicial role and their consequences, about empirical research from a variety of academic disciplines that observes and verifies how factors can affect how judges judge. On the one hand, judges decide by interpreting and applying the law, but much more affects judicial decision-making: psychological effects, group dynamics, numerical reasoning, biases, court processes, influences from political and other institutions, and technological advancement. All can have a bearing on judicial outcomes. In How Judges Judge: Empirical Insights into Judicial Decision-Making, Brian M. Barry ...
Impartiality, Neutrality and Justice
Justice as Impartiality confronts issues at the heart of modern political philosophy. This work examines Barry's thesis, expanding the discussion beyond the text to wider issues at the centre of contemporary debates about the nature and theories of distributive justice. It brings together responses from a range of Barry's critics including feminists, utilitarians, mutual advantage theorists, care theorists and anti-contractarians.
