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The Idea of Justice
Cover of the first edition
AuthorAmartya Sen
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
SubjectA Theory of Justice
PublisherAllen Lane & Harvard University Press
Publication date
2009
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages304
ISBN978-1-84614-147-8
OCLC368046398

The Idea of Justice is a 2009 book by the economist Amartya Sen. The work is a critique and revision of the philosopher John Rawls's A Theory of Justice (1971).

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