Procedural Justice and Relational Theory

Denise Meyerson, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Sydney. Catriona Mackenzie, Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney. Therese MacDermott, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Sydney.

Introduction: procedural justice in law, psychology, and philosophy

Part I Procedural justice in policing, courts and prisons: empirical reviews

1. The empirical study of procedural justice policing in Australia: highlights and challenges

2. Procedural fairness and jury satisfaction: an analysis of relational dimensions

3. Procedural justice in corrections

Part II Procedural justice and legitimacy: empirical and normative perspectives

4. Procedural justice, legitimacy and social contexts

5. Procedure-content interaction in attitudes to law and in the value of the rule of law: an empirical and philosophical collaboration

6. Legal legitimacy and the relevance of participatory procedures

Part III The concept of procedural justice: philosophical perspectives

7. The inadequacy of instrumentalist theories of procedural justice

8. The many facets of procedural justice in legal proceedings

9. Procedural justice, relational equality and self-respect

Part IV Implications and applications: legal institutions and the exercise of legal authority.

10. Racial profiling as pejorative discrimination

11. Administrative discretion and governing relationships: situating procedural fairness

12. The framing of tribunal procedures: a question of balance or a participation-centred approach?