rawls’ theory of justice is expressed in a constructivist procedure. he holds that his constructivist procedure is free of metaphysical presuppositions. his constructivist procedure is here pursued in three stages: (1) in a theory of justice, rawls intends to come to moral principles regarding the original position which could even result in other moral principles as well. he also asserts some ...

The role of victims in the criminal trial has been subject to considerable critique in recent years. This article argues that scholarship and policy governing the treatment of victims and witnesses in ‘ordinary’ criminal trials within ‘settled’ societies may be substantially enriched by drawing lessons from the roles of, and practices affecting, victims within post-conflict societies. There is ...

Based on qualitative observation and quantitative data from eight mental health courts (MHCs), this article argues that observed reductions in recidivism from participation in MHC are caused in part by the role of the judge in conveying elements of procedural justice. Specifically, the judge provides: (1) a heightened level of interpersonal treatment of participants that accords them dignity, r...

Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Satu Koivisto Name of the doctoral dissertation Supervisor’s fair treatment and decision making in an organizational context – A social identity analysis Publisher School of Science Unit Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 97/2013 Field of resear...

Restorative justice is a theory of justice that emphasizes repairing the harm caused by criminal behavior. Practices and programs reflecting restorative purposes will respond to crime by 1) identifying and taking steps to repair harm, 2) involving all stakeholders, and 3) transforming the traditional relationship between communities and government in responding to crime. The goal of restorative...

Our study profiles a varying process of the relationship between delay of gratification (DG) and job performance over time and examines the moderating role of perceived organisational justice in the DG-job performance relationship. Employees’ ability to delay gratification was measured during their job interviews (Time 1). When they had worked for 3 months (Time 2), their job performance was ra...

INTRODUCTION Educational justice is a process by which all those involved in education are pondering and seeking to establish it in their regulatory environments. This study aimed to investigate effective factors in an ideal educational justice and the current condition of educational justice from the students' viewpoint and ultimately increase the awareness and understanding of authorities and...

Previous studies on information disclosure have heavily relied on the justice theory to explain how users balance the benefits and privacy risks (e.g., privacy calculus) induced by the information disclosure behavior. However, the specific mechanism of privacy calculus (or the role of justice) and the boundary conditions under which the privacy calculus works have been rarely empirically invest...

Since the earliest days of the “modern mediation field” in the 1970s, there has been a continuous and contentious debate regarding whether the use of mediation poses a threat to the value of justice, at both the individual and social levels.1 Early supporters of the process claimed that it would expand “access to justice,” and thus provide not only administrative savings to the courts but impor...

Title of Dissertation: ARE YOU IN OR OUT? A GROUP-LEVEL EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECTS OF LMX ON JUSTICE AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION David M. Mayer, Ph.D., 2004 Dissertation directed by: Professor Benjamin Schneider Department of Psychology Early work on leader-member exchange (LMX) theory suggested that leaders differentiating followers into in-groups and out-groups leads to superior group performan...