This authoritative and accessible introduction to the fundamental concerns for justice common to societies around the globe brings together foundational and contemporary concepts, exploring and explaining the major issues from sovereignty and severe poverty to environmental justice and human rights.The most comprehensive introductory text on global justiceBrings together key foundational and contemporary perspectivesCovers high-profile issues such as poverty, sovereignty, environmental and distributional justiceEach chapter provides illuminating examples from current affairs, as well as a selection of further reading matter to add depth to students" understanding.Designed to give students of law, philosophy, and politics a thorough grounding in the fieldConceived as an ideal companion text to The Global Justice Reader, revised first edition (2014), yet provides full standalone coverage
Thom Brooks is Reader in Law at Durham University. A recognized authority on the judicial nexus of law, political science, and philosophy, he is the editor of The Global Justice Reader, Revised First Edition (Blackwell 2014), which serves as a companion volume to this publication, and author of Punishment (2012), and Hegel"s Political Philosophy, Second Edition (2013). Dr Brooks is the founding editor of the Journal of Moral Philosophy.
