justice

substantive justice: this is about the content or substance of the decision and involves normative principles. pricicples with standards/norms. such as equality of need, desert and rights.

Substance: this notion of 'substance' is sometimes used to describe what persists while attributes (like the hardness or shape of Descartes wax) can change. think about 'he has substance'

• the nature of our law depends on where it comes from such as from God or if the law is part of human beings nature.
• 'natural law' theory -law should promote moral/religious standards. this is the 'substantive' concept its aimed at particular outcomes. Law all depends on the moral values that are held.
• and liberal values are! life, liberty, property, as much privacy and possible and -ve lib. for happiness
• or in a religious land such as where Shariah law is. more intervention from law to develop +ve libs. e.g. burkah