Brown, M. orcid.org/0000-0003-4098-2929 (Accepted: 2024) GNH and the dilemmas of justice in Bhutan. The Journal of Gross National Happiness and Law. ISSN 2710-3226 (In Press)
Abstract
Superficially, GNH and justice seem well aligned. Their supposedly natural congruence is given in the title of the 2015 GNH Survey report, A Compass Towards a Just and Harmonious Society. Yet remarkably, the word ‘justice’ does not appear once in the GNH Survey report’s 330 pages. While ‘the just society’ might be held out as a goal, its force in Bhutan is largely rhetorical. As one very seasoned legal practitioner recently remarked, “Bhutan has a criminal legal system, but it doesn’t have a criminal justice system”. Other papers at this conference will consider questions of encouraging more justice within the so-called criminal justice system. This paper is concerned with wider conceptions of justice and how the holistic vision of GNH might support a more just society characterised by forms of people-centred justice.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024. |
Keywords: | GNH; injustice; local participation; place-based justice; legalistic justice |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of Law |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number LEVERHULME TRUST (THE) IF-2022-012 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2024 15:11 |
Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2024 15:11 |
Status: | In Press |
Publisher: | JSW Law |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:220198 |