LAWS 3904 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Procedural Justice, Distributive Justice, Henry Morgentaler
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Justice does not necessarily mean behind bars, for a victim. The victim is not really a part of the trial: one of the key challenges is based on the idea that the victim is viewed as a witness to the crime and can be called to court. Plea bargains happen, and then witnesses do not have a chance to voice their side. Can lead to feelings of secondary victimization: we see the emergence of several services. Meant to improve the treatment of victims: non-binding document. Mega(cid:374)"s la(cid:449: we have many laws named after victims. Distributive justice: fairness of outcomes, rational choice theorists, refe(cid:396)s to people"s (cid:373)o(cid:396)al e(cid:448)aluatio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s i(cid:374) (cid:396)espo(cid:374)se to the allocation of rewards and punishment, example: morgentaler case looking at the end game. Promoted when outcomes are consistent or inconsistent with certain implicit norms for the allocation and distribution of resources (can mean equality, punishment, etc).
