PURSUING JUSTICE

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.This updated timely book helps students understand the complexities and nuances of a society's pursuit of justice. It provides students with the foundations of global justice systems integrating Greek philosophies and major religious perspectives into a justice perspective and contributes to undergraduate understanding of international justice bodies NGOs and institutions. New to the third edition is a complete chapter on immigration with a focus on historical and global patterns as they relate to justice as well as new material on the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements the genocide of the Rohingya of Myanmar and the sovereign citizens movement in relation to domestic terrorism.