Justice is one of the four cardinal values and virtues. It is treated as one of the primary
values and Ethico-Socio-Political-Legal and religious concepts. It is a highly
fascinating and bewildering concept and has been variously discussed by the
philosophers. Legal experts and socio-religious thinkers and interpreters of the
religious texts have been playing a very crucial and critical role in the civilizational
development of man. In the present work, various dimensions of the meanings and
applications of justice have been discussed.


Man is profoundly and inextricably rooted in history. His history itself is
rooted in pre-history. It will take large-scale investigations to somewhat bring out our
rootedness in history and pre-history. Whatever empirical historical investigations
have been available to us, reveal that human history is red in tooth and claw.
Historical investigations inform us about insurmountable and excruciating amounts of
suffering negotiated by human beings. They have negotiated incalculable oppression,
suppression, exploitation and injustice. Countless people have been enslaved across
history and globe.