Justice - Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Klappentext In this book, leading scholars from the social sciences discuss theoretical and empirical studies of justice. Zusammenfassung This book! originally published in 1992! brought together leading scholars from the social sciences who examined the nature of justice from the perspectives of philosophy! economics! law! sociology and psychology! and explore possible lines of convergence. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Issues in the study of justice Klaus R. Scherer; 2. Philosophical theories of justice Bernard Cullen; 3. The economics of distributive justice, welfare and freedom Erik Schokkaert; 4. Justice and the law John Bell; 5. Sociological approaches to distributive and procedural justice Wil Arts and Romke van der Veen; 6. The social psychology of distributive justice Kjell Törnblom; 7. Interdisciplinary theory and research on justice John Bell and Erik Schokkaert; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Scherer, Klaus R. Scherer
• Assisted by: Klaus R. Scherer (Editor), Scherer Klaus R. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2010
• EAN: 9780521425254
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42525-4
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, LAW / Jurisprudence, Ethics and moral philosophy, Jurisprudence & general issues, Jurisprudence and general issues