Economic Justice and Natural Law

Gary Chartier elaborates a version of economic justice rooted in the natural law tradition.

Gary Chartier (Author)

9780521767200, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 August 2009

248 pages
23.5 x 15.5 x 1.7 cm, 0.52 kg

'Gary Chartier's important and original book sets out a rich, illuminating framework for addressing questions of economic justice. The arguments are thoughtful and wide-ranging, and the writing is crisp and elegant. A valuable reference point for future work.' Jonathan Crowe, University of Queensland

Gary Chartier elaborates a particular version of economic justice rooted in the natural law tradition, explaining how it is relevant to economic issues and developing natural law accounts of property, work, and economic security. He examines a range of case studies related to ownership, production, distribution, and consumption, using natural law theory as a basis for staking positions on a number of contested issues related to economic life and highlighting the potentially progressive and emancipatory dimension of natural law theory.

Introduction
1. Foundations: property
2. Foundations: distribution
3. Foundations: work
4. Remedies: property
5. Remedies: distribution
6. Remedies: work
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: International economic & trade law [LBBM], Jurisprudence & philosophy of law [LAB]