Justice And The Modern Day

What is justice? Justice Is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity. It is also the act of being just and/or fair. (Crime) It means to me punishment, fairness, and power by that I mean fairness as in equality for others like families, friends, and/or community. You have to have power in order to have fairness for the punishment that has been committed for example: murder, justice will prevail it always does.

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.” Justice is a term that comes from the Latin word “jus,” which means “right.” The word justice, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is defined as “just behavior or treatment, quality of being fair and reasonable, and the administration of the law or authority in maintaining this.” There are many concepts linked with the term, and many different ways it is presented in different cultures and societies. It is believed that one of the early theorists was none other than the famous Ancient Greek philosopher, Plato. His work, Crito, is one his most recognized and infamous

Many of the most important aspects of and decisions about social organization hinge on an individual or society’s conception of justice. Because this conception of justice has tremendous influence over the way societies are structured, political theorists interested in understanding and improving society place great importance on understanding and articulating the nature of justice. While most of the political theorists we have read in class have proposed definitions of justice, none of them sufficiently incorporate the many dimensions of justice while remaining specific enough to allow for relatively consistent distinctions between the just and unjust. To balance these competing demands, I propose that justice is the impartial ordering of

In The Republic, the great philosopher Plato attempts to reveal through the character and dialogues of Socrates that justice is better when it is the good for which men must strive for, regardless of whether they could be unjust and still be rewarded. His method is to use dialectic, the asking and answering of questions. This method leads the audience from one point to another, supposedly with indisputable logic by obtaining agreement to each point before going on to the next, therefore, building an argument.

In what ways is the indigenous justice paradigm in conflict with the principles of the traditional, adversarial American criminal justice system? In what ways do the principles of Native American justice complement more mainstream correctional initiatives?

A right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures is declared by the Fourth Amendment, but how one is to translate the guarantee into concrete terms is not specified. Several possible methods of enforcement have been suggested over time; however, the Supreme Court has settled, not without dissent, on only one as an effective means to make real the right.

“The court finds you guilty on all accounts. You are sentenced to 35 years in federal prison. Court dismissed.” If only justice in America was the same as a hollywood movie, where, in the end, each and every person put on trial receives a true and just verdict. It would be nice if America’s justice system was designed so that “you couldn’t be the next victim of corruption - innocent and sent to prison, or strapped to a table and put to death; or robbed of your life savings by American lawyers” (Sachs, America’s Corrupt Legal). Welcome to the new America, where all it takes is pockets as deep as the Pacific Ocean to be innocent and poverty to be found guilty, thrown in jail, and not given a second thought. Although America often prides itself on its just ways of governing and dealing with potential criminals, the justice system is often corrupted because of social issues, ethical issues, corrupt officials, and control of the press.

Injustice for all appears to be the recent motto of the American justice system in the previous years. This system, increasingly known, infamously, for the wrongful incarcerations of many innocent citizens is in large part due to prejudice and a lack of due diligence by society 's finest, the police. Police departments’ focus on making the collar often leads to the use of various forms of torture such as mental, emotional, and even physical coercion. Errors of fact fail to be discovered, and wrongful convictions happen to hundreds of innocent citizens such as William Dillon, who had served 27 years for a crime he did not commit. William Dillon is among those innocent citizens that the American justice system has failed. The dawn of August 17, 1981 a man by the name of James Dvorak was found at Canova Beach beaten to death. The police department was only able to find one article of evidence, a witness, a perjured testimony, and fabricated evidence that pointed towards Dillon. From these William Dillon was convicted due to a bloody yellow shirt found at the crime scene, a half blind man, a false testimony from a past lover and phony evidence fabricated by the police and their consultants.

Access to justice: What do those three words mean to you? Access to justice is a very special thing to a lot of people, especially for alleged criminals, who instead of being punished and/or executed without a trial, hopefully will have a chance in court, when they can plead their case before a judge and jury. The preamble to the United States Constitution says this: These words show that access to justice has been in place since the US was established by our founding fathers. What does access to justice mean? Access to justice means that nothing, including your gender, race, ethnicity, language will cause you to have an unfair trial or no trial at all. You are guaranteed a fair trial and a lawyer if you cannot afford one of your own.

Thrasymachus also argues that injustice benefits those in power to promote their perception of justice within their society. He adds that the rulers who benefit themselves are acting unjustly (Bloom 21). In essence, those in control of their society have the power to mold what it means to be just. To act justly is to benefit a stronger opposition. In addition, being just gives up your interests for the benefit of the stronger opposition.

Achieving justice in American society today is complicated. Society as a whole is indifferent on what justice is defined by. The United States government creates laws and punishments for breaking those laws. The foundation of all laws in America is the constitution. Judges and/or panels determine the consequences of breaking those laws that are protected and enforced by lawyers and lawmen. The challenge here is to truly determine what is to be considered justice for the state of the society “deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed” (Jefferson, 1776), and not that for a lone individual or a specific group. To bend rules or the law in a way to make a few happy is truly that of injustice.

The American Justice system, to me, is flawed, but I do not feel that it has been neglected. It is a sad truth that there are so many wrongs that occur in a system of corrections. However, I believe that the Justice System is playing “catch up” with society’s rapid acceleration of growth. In the space of just 10 years there has been: The Legalization of Marijuana, Legalization of Gay Marriage, Terror groups and organizations attacking large cities, Rioting has become more common, for instance in Baltimore and Ferguson and, America has become more polarized. The Justice System just cannot maintain the pace. There are also a few things that negatively impacting it and not assisting at all. For one, social media exploding any attack by a police officer has become almost a social norm and I extremely difficult, if not, impossible to incapacitate legally in today’s world. The Justice System are trying, however, and I feel that it will only be a matter of time before it gains ground on society and maintains order once more. There have been advancements in technology to help speed up the process of court hearings and also catching criminals. New organizations have been created to help stop cyber attacks and make it safer. There have been government subsidies given to the Federal Justice System for higher employment and effectiveness of their task forces. Therefore, I do not believe that it is a case of neglect affecting this country, instead, a negative impact of society’s rapid

Throughout history, people have been trying to create an improved, fair, and equal system of justice, not only to better society in which one lives, but to also find a sense of meaning in what responsibilities people should hold within their civilizations in order to create this just way of living. As early as the Old Testament within the Bible, we see examples of how the Hebrews formed their own justice. This can be seen in the in text of the Ten Commandments which were written in a form of law. Laws were significant even in this basic form of context, such as the Ten Commandments, which offered the ideas of right and wrongdoings and the sin for violating others for one’s own benefit. This not only

Looking into criminal justice procedure, many administrations are at work. Starting with the police, to the courts and concluding in corrections. Though all these sectors have different tasks, their combined focus is processing the law. Regardless what the process is called criminal justice will continue to serve with discretion, conviction, and correction. When first presented with the question whether criminal justice is a system, non-system, and network I leaned toward a network. Throughout our discussions, lectures, and readings I felt the process presented itself as a network. Intertwined divisions working for a common goal. Further into my research and help from Webster, I decided that the criminal justice

Over the decades, the concept of justice has been continually evolving. This is occurring based upon different moral or legal interpretations. Evidence of this can be seen with observations from Burke (2011) who said, "Few things are of more importance to a society than its concept of justice. This is because it is justice that provides criterion for the legitimate use of force. In the name of justice people are detained, arrested, handcuffed, put on trial and punished. This concept is used to provide every society with some kind of social order. Over the last 200 years, a revolution has taken place with these principles. Our idea of it is what we employ, when dealing with ordinary individuals in daily life including: making agreements, paying bills, resolving disputes and putting criminals in jail. This is a concept that is as old as recorded history and it is familiar to people everywhere. What makes it so unique is that these ideas are constantly changing which focuses on society as a whole and how people are interacting with each other. " (Burke)