Review article
MORALITY, JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS AS THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF VALUES IN LAW
Laura Vilić
orcid.org/0000-0003-3707-7792
; PhD student, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law Osijek
Abstract
We decided to conduct a research into the role of morality, justice, and correctness in law in order to understand it, summarize the different theoretical presentations of these concepts and to enter a deeper legal and philosophical analysis that would be important for understanding the role and importance of these constructs and how the very notions represent the foundation that allows us to know the values in law. In this paper, we ask ourselves: Is there a connection between law and morality, justice and equity? What is morality and why is its conceptual understanding crucial to acting right? What is the relationship between justice and fairness and the law and what is their role in legal discourse? Is equity justice? In order to answer these questions, it is necessary to rely on proven scientific methods (the methods of classification, analysis, description, compilation, and, above all, historical methods), which we will apply in our research.
Keywords
law; morality; justice; fairness; justice; equity
Hrčak ID:
280399
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Publication date:
14.7.2022.
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