Sentence examples for basic justice that from inspiring English sources

This is a matter of basic justice that should enrage us all and demands action.

Mr Clegg said it was a principle of "basic justice" that the wealthiest in society shouldered the greatest burden when it came to tax.

The Lib Dem leader told delegates at their spring conference that it was a "basic justice" that those earning the most should contribute most in tax.

Rawls, in contrast, seeks to be more accommodating, allowing that arguments based on religious comprehensive doctrines may enter into liberal politics on issues of basic justice "provided that, in due course, we give properly public reasons to support the principles and policies that our comprehensive doctrine is said to support" (1999a: 1999a

As I've written before, one of the big things that the marriage-equality argument has on its side, besides basic justice, is that people like going to weddings.

RK: I think it's a question of basic human justice that women should achieve gender parity in our society at all levels.

These rulings simply corrupt the most basic notion of justice – that it must be seen to be done.

Now it must ensure that the civilian court that will retry the Berenson case observes the basic standards of justice that the military court ignored.

He hit back at US claims that secret court rulings legalised such surveillance, saying: "These rulings simply corrupt the most basic notion of justice – that it must be seen to be done".

The policing and criminal justice minster, Nick Herbert, will say: "It is a basic principle of justice that it should be delivered without delay, yet straightforward cases that could be dealt with in days or even hours are taking weeks and months.

This is a version of the basic maxim of justice that justice must not only be done, it must be seen to be done.