Drawing on contemporary issues ranging from globalization and neoliberalism to the environment, this essential textbook - ideal for course use - encourages readers to question the limits of the law in its present state in order to develop fairer systems at the local, national, and global levels.
 

Contents
Preface                                                           
1. Introduction                                                                                                           
Part I  Explorations in Social Justice                         
2. Conceptions of Justice:  Philosophical, Sociological, and Criminological             
3. Distributive Justice                                                                                    
4. Retributive Justice                                                                                     
5. Toward Transformative Justice                                                                  
Part II Issues in Social Justice                                               
6. Multiculturalism and Globalism: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Forms of Justice                                               
7. Environmental, Ecological, And Species Justice                                                   
8. Indigenous, Postcolonial, and Counter-colonial Forms of Justice                                     
9. Postmodern, Post Postmodern, and Posthumanist Forms of Justice                                 
Part III Struggles for Social Justice                           
10. Legal Struggles and Social Justice                                                           
11. Justice and Grassroots Struggles                                                             
12. Emerging Conceptions of Justice in a Global Arena                               
13. Conclusion                                                                                                           
References                                                                                                     
Index
 

LORETTA CAPEHEART is a retired associate professor of justice studies at Northeastern Illinois University. She was the community engagement analyst for a Department of Justice settlement agreement and a college equity officer. She has published on inequities in education and criminal justice. Her activism focuses on immigrant rights, worker rights, and antiracism.
 
DRAGAN MILOVANOVIC, is professor emeritus and Bernard J. Brommel Distinguished Research Professor at Northeastern Illinois University. In addition he has been a college instructor in a jail, a dormitory counselor of incarcerated juveniles, a member of a prison inspection team, and an activist in post-revolutionary Nicaragua (1983–1985).  He is author or coauthor of more than twenty-five books.