Corrective Justice vs. Social Justice in the Aftermath of War

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Issue: Vol. 12 No. 2 (2010)
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Keywords: reparation , social justice , armed conflict , post-conflict , transitional justice reparación , justicia social , conflicto armado , post-conflicto , justicia transicional reparação , a justiça social , conflitos armados , de pós-conflito , a justiça transicional.

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Pablo Kalmanovitz Universidad de Columbia
Abstract
How do we justify the practice of corrective justice for losses suffered during armed conflicts? This article seeks to show the force and relevance of this question, and to argue that, in cases of massively destructive wars, social justice should gain priority over corrective justice. Starting from a liberal Rawlsian conception of the relationship between corrective and social justice, it is argued that, paradoxically, the more destructive a war is, the less normative force corrective rights have and the higher priority policies of social justice, which guarantee basic rights to all citizens, should have.
Author Biography

Pablo Kalmanovitz, Universidad de Columbia

Ph.D., Departamento de Ciencia Política, Universidad de Columbia, Nueva York. Profesor Visitante, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de los Andes. 

How to Cite
Kalmanovitz, P. (2010). Corrective Justice vs. Social Justice in the Aftermath of War. Estudios Socio-Jurídicos, 12(2), 59–85. Retrieved from https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/sociojuridicos/article/view/1366
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