# the idea of justice **Author:** Amartya Sen **Date Read:** 2019/11/19 **Rating:** 3/5 **Bookshelves:** science-and-philosophy ## My Review The book is a kind of a long-winded review of theories of justice, mainly critiquing justice as a consequence of just institutions (structures) in favour of social dialogue (agency of individual-collectives). Tends to situate justice in a relational manner as a dynamic outcome of institutional design engaging over time with people's agency. For a good review that develops the idea that the book tends to be repetitive, lacks Asian grounding (save for the Niti-Nyaya contrast), limited examples and lack of "new" ideas that have not been said before (often by Sen himself), see Sridhar's review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/226550984?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1<br/><br/>