I used to think it was one and the same but it obviously isnt. Justice can be meted out without the law and the law can be an *** when justice has not been seen to be done. What is your opinion?
2006-09-13 07:01:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The 'law' tells you how it should be.
Few nowadays get 'justice.'
So...forget how it 'should be.'
Ie. There is lawlessness.
I can't distill it down much better than that.
2006-09-13 11:52:09 · answer #1 · answered by B E R N I E 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The difference in the U.K. is the same as the difference anywhere when it comes to "the law" versus "justice": The Law doesn't always give the victim (or his or her family) the feeling that Justice was served.
Justice implies that whatever fate or punishment is meted out to the perpetrator is somehow appropriate to the infraction or crime committed. The law, on the other hand, is a codified set of rules (and sometimes punishments) dealing with these infractions.
Here's an example (it might not be a great one, but it *is* an effective one): A boy and a girl have sex, the girl gets pregnant. As they're both over 18, there are no laws broken, but the girl's parents - and perhaps even the girl, for that matter - believe that justice requires the two of them to marry. No law is going to force that to happen, and if they do not marry then the wronged parties may feel that justice wasn't served.
Lawyers and politicians will use the terms of law and justice almost interchangeably - because it's an easy way to sound sympathetic to their constituencies or to juries. But the law is pretty cut-and dried. Either something is illegal or it is not. There is a set punishment or not.
2006-09-13 07:12:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Justice can also be meted out by an individual. The "law" as it is set down determines what's fair (including what fair for the defendant) and cases are tried on that basis rather on whether the result is just or not. Justice to me is when someone gets what they deserve.
2006-09-13 07:56:42 · answer #3 · answered by bob kerr 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The laws are written with people with a vested intrest and allows them to earn alot of money. Justice is a phrase they like to use to describe the law since it it gives the farce an air of respectability. I used to work in the Criminal Justice System and in short it is a farce. ps jsutice doesnt need to be seen to be done it just needs to be done
2006-09-13 09:53:45 · answer #4 · answered by happysurferuk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Law is the legal rules, justice is the punishment. Time and time again over the centuries when justice is not done over and over, people take matters into their own hands.
2006-09-13 07:05:17 · answer #5 · answered by Colorado 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It all depends how much money you have, if you are rich Justice is when you get off with murder, drug dealing and any other crimes, justice is when a some one without money is sent to jail for smoking dope, if you have money in this country you can do anything and get away with it just ask Blair
2006-09-13 07:30:03 · answer #6 · answered by Stephen P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The law and justice are a million miles apart.Nuff said!!
2006-09-13 07:05:13 · answer #7 · answered by twinkle 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Justice is a concept which is intrepreted differently by everyone.
Laws are made by the elected governemnt to ensure Justice preveils when crimes have been committed.
2006-09-13 08:23:31 · answer #8 · answered by thebigtombs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
common regulation under the English criminal equipment is likewise favourite as "case regulation". it is the regulation that has been developed over centuries of desperate circumstances. They form what are favourite as "criminal precedents". very a great number of English settlement regulation is in line with common regulation. law is an enactment of parliament. particularly of desperate circumstances shaping the regulation it is written as a checklist. an excellent occasion is the robbery Act 1968. it is real to the say the biggest bulk of uk regulation is now law.
2016-12-12 07:47:05 · answer #9 · answered by zell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We've got too much law & not eneough justice.The law ptotects the 'rights' of the filth,instead of giving justice to the victims.
2006-09-13 07:17:54 · answer #10 · answered by michael k 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋