Concerning Justice

"Concerning Justice" by Lucilius A. Emery is a deep exploration of justice, probably from the beginning of the 1900s. This book comes from talks given at Yale Law School, looking at ideas like rights, government power, and what justice really means. The writer looks at old and new ideas, trying to find a clear way to understand justice that can unite society and help people. It starts by talking about how hard it is to define justice because there are so many different ideas about it. Emery says that even though people talk about justice a lot, they often don't really know what it is because they are influenced by their own wants and what society thinks. He mentions people from the past and different ways of thinking to show how complicated justice is, wondering if it's the same for everyone, if it always stays the same, and how it connects to what's true. The writer wants readers to think about how wrong ideas about justice can cause problems in society and encourages a better understanding to protect fairness and individual rights under the law.