Abstract

LAFONT, Cristina. Justicia global en una sociedad mundial pluralista. Isonomía [online]. 2009, n.31, pp.107-135. ISSN 1405-0218.

This article proposes a concrete and punctual analysis of two of the most important contemporary theories of justice: the one exposed by John Rawls in Political Liberalism and the one stated in Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy, by Jürgen Habermas. While analyzing and explaining thoroughly each one of them, the author contrasts and stresses their differences, their strong and weak points, specifically focusing on the Habermasian ones. Particularly, she elaborates on the issue of human rights protection by the international community, as well as on the redistributive measures of income, necessary for the effective securement of human rights. Finally, the author concludes that, besides the transnational principles of justice recognized by the international community in diverse legal instruments (such as those containing human rights), certain principles of economic justice and redistributive measures of the income should be included.

Keywords : Habermas; global justice; redistributive measures; internacional law.