Justice - The Extent To Which The Law Achieves Justice

Question 1

What is the first type of justice?

Answer 1

1. Procedural justice - legal system must be fair

Lord Devlin - use of juries being “the lamp that shows that freedom lives”

Question 2

What is the second type of justice?

Answer 2

2. Substantive justice - content of law must be just

• Mandatory life sentencing
• Judges have no discretion
  Case : Inglis (mercy killing not permitted)

Question 3

What is the third type of justice?

Answer 3

3. Corrective justice - wrongdoing is put right

• Sally Clark : wrongly convicted of murdering child who died from cot death, awarded compensation