Justice and Judgementis a comprehensive introduction to theories of judgement in contemporary political and moral philosophy. The book offers a critical examination of judgement in the recent works of Rawls, Habermas, Ackerman, Michelman and Dworkin, including an historical overview of the judgement model in contemporary political philosophy; the function of the constitution; and deliberative democracy. The book concludes with a discussion of universalism and contemporary liberalism and the judgement view of justice.

IntroductionPART ONE: THE RISE OF THE JUDGEMENT MODEL IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHYA Reasonable View of the ReasonableDemocracy, Justice and DiscourseAn (Almost) Aesthetic Model of Normative ValidityFrom Fictive Dialogue to Situated JudgementThe Judgement View of Higher LawmakingPART TWO: COMPLETING THE TURN: THE PROSPECT FOR THE JUDGEMENT MODELTraces of Modern Universilism in Contemporary LiberalismThe Judgement View of JusticeImpartiality without Principles and the Ideal of Equal Respect