SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lady Justice, Diplomatic Immunity, Apple Juice
20 Oct 2014
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Legal justice formal equality treating everybody the same like is treate alike --- all citizens treated the same--- ovof l uses legal justice. Sl critique - strives for social justice - often based on substantive equality - differences matter - look to historical disadvantage - equivalent treatment: sl critique - sometimes, we need a mixture of both (depends on the context/situation) Sl scholars don"t think formal equality is fair --- social justice- substantive equality --- Substantive equality ---- different people based on difference characteristics. York u --- everyone comes to school and they don"t get benefits if blind. Marathon class- all u can have is water --- treat everyone fairly so give apple juice to the diabetic student. Legal pluralism ---- more than one thing within a legal field ---- more than one law in. One set of rules for everybody relatively ensured that organized and predictable way misconception that think wont work .
