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Explanatory notes Foreword Introduction . . . .
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1 Dimensions of international justice and social justice
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1.1 Internationaljustice: legal and developmental aspects . . . . . . . 11 1.2 Social justice: a recent and politically charged concept . . . . . . 11 1.3 Social justice: the equivalent of distributive justice . . . . . . . . . 13 1.4 Economic justice: a component of social justice . . . . . . . . . . 14 1.5 Universal grounds for the determination of what is just and what is unjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1.6 Three critical domains of equality and equity . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1.7 Six important areas of inequality in the distribution of goods. opportunities and rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1.8 The need for further distinction and greater precision . . . . . . . 20
2 Rising inequalities among countries
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2.1 National sovereignty and the right of intervention . . . . . . . . . 21 2.2 Equality among Member States and inequalities in power . . . . . 21 2.3 The developmental aspect of internationaljustice: a legitimate concern?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 2.4 Evidence of the decline in international justice from a developmental perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 3 Rising inequalities among people.
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3.1 Issues relating to the reliability and diversity of sources of information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 3.2 Trends in six major areas of inequality among people . . . . . . . 29 3.3 Progress in critical aspects of "horizontal" equality . . . . . . . . 39 3.4 Economic justice and social injustice: the current state of affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 4 International justice and the United Nations: from the new international economic order to the Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development Goals
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4.1 Auspicious beginnings for development and international cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41