noun
1 fairness
ADJECTIVE
▪ distributive , economic , environmental , natural , racial ( esp. AmE ), social
▪ rough
▪
He saw it as rough ~ when he got food poisoning from the stolen meat.
▪ vigilante
▪
the deadliest episode of vigilante ~ in American history
▪ divine
▪
Some people saw the epidemic as divine ~.
▪ poetic
▪
Maybe there's a sort of poetic ~ to it.
VERB + JUSTICE
▪ ask for , demand , pursue , seek , want
▪
All I'm asking for is ~.
▪ achieve , get , obtain
▪ promote
▪
They saw the reform proposals as a way to promote social ~.
▪ serve
▪
Somebody out there needs to make sure ~ is served.
▪ deny sb
▪
We have been denied ~ for too long.
PHRASES
▪ a sense of ~
▪
The teacher's system of punishments appealed to the children's sense of ~.
2 law
ADJECTIVE
▪ civil , criminal , juvenile
▪ restorative
▪
Restorative ~ can only work when all parties agree.
▪ retributive ( esp. AmE )
▪
victims seeking retributive ~
▪ summary
▪
Civilians were not subject to summary ~.
VERB + JUSTICE
▪ do
▪
Justice must be done in every case.
▪ administer , deliver , dispense , mete out
▪
those who are ultimately responsible for dispensing ~
▪ bring sb to
▪ face
▪
the battle for Taylor to face ~ before the High Court
▪ escape
▪
So far the robbers have escaped ~.
▪ obstruct
▪
They were accused of attempting to obstruct ~.
JUSTICE + NOUN
▪ department
▪ system
PHRASES
▪ a miscarriage of ~
▪
He spent twenty years in prison as a result of a miscarriage of ~.
▪ pervert the course of ~ ( BrE )
▪
They were accused of attempting to pervert the course of ~.