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So... I've decided that I want to go to uni, so I've started writing practice essays to get my study skills up. This is the first one. It's been roughly seven years since I have done anything close to academic. So... here goes!

What does justice mean to me?

Justice is the concept of creating and maintaining equality, managing the needs and rights of the individual versus the needs of the collective. Systems have been created to administer justice. The legislative arm of government creates laws that reflect the community's moral and ethical views, the enforcement arm prevents and apprehends those who break the law, and the judicial arm interprets and makes rulings based on law. This system is put in place to ensure, through the creation and enforcement of an accepted code of behaviour, equality to all mankind.

There are to aspects to the theory of justice, one being Distributive Justice, which deals with question of how to distribute goods, some examples are wealth, knowledge, power, healthcare and land. In 62% of all personal bankruptcy in the United States, medical debt is cited as a factor, the biggest single factor of all. In order to reform the Healthcare system to make it more accessible to people the United States of America Government passed a bill into law called the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. The willingness of a government to listen to it's people and to respond to changes in society is the cornerstone of the justice system. Distributive Justice is regulated by a government's social policy and impact on people's daily lives through health care, social security and education.

The second aspect of justice is Retributive Justice the aspect of justice that deals the punishment for wrong-doing, within that there are three aspects: deterrence, rehabilitation and incapacitation. In Foreign Policy sanctions, boycotting and trade embargoes can be used as a punishment for countries who fail to uphold the rights of it's citizens. The most notable example being the boycotting by 25 nations through various laws and local regulations forbidding registered corporations under their jurisdiction from doing business with South African firms, factories, or banks as a response to the Apartheid being enforced by the South African Government.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees an individual's right to liberties, which as a global society has identified as essential to every person. In this case justice is the enforcement of that right, which in Australia is legislated by government, enforced by the police and administered by the judicial system. An example of this would be Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 'Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.'. In New South Wales murder is outlawed by the CRIMES ACT NSW (1900) S.18(1)(a) Murder shall be taken to have been committed where the act of the accused, or thing by him or her omitted to be done, causing the death charged, was done or omitted with reckless indifference to human life, or with intent to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm upon some person, or done in an attempt to commit, or during or immediately after the commission, by the accused, or some accomplice with him or her, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for life or for 25 years.
(b) Every other punishable homicide shall be taken to be manslaughter.
This states that should an individual contribute to the death of another that they are subject to a punishment as determined by a court, validating the rights of the individuals right to life. This is the process of Retributive Justice.

In the process of justice it is commonly accepted that should someone create an injustice that actions need to occur to create an equilibrium thus restoring justice. It is also commonly accepted that a punishment for breaking a law is to deprive an individual of their right to freedom through incarceration, as mentioned in the CRIMES ACT NSW (1900). It could be argued that the justice system, by denying an individual their right to freedom, is creating a a further injustice. Justice is about maintaining balance and this includes maintaining the balance between the needs of the individual and the needs of the collective. Incarceration is designed to act as both deterrent, to stop crimes from being committed, and as a form of reparation should an injustice occur, and thus is an essential part of the justice process as it stands in Australia.

Justice is a social construct that aims to protect and bring an equllibrium to natural order As a system justice is a practical concept that affects an individual's everyday life. In Australia it gives the right to healthcare, education, food and shelter. It gives protection from crimes and a right of recourse should someone commit a crime against an individual. Justice is the motivation behind social policy and criminal law. it could be argued that the justice system through rule and regulation is the foundation for order in society, and without it there could be a high chance of chaos ensuing.

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