Justice is only a judgment about law or has offered no reason to support a conclusion that justice is somehow part of law this essay attempts to reason toward such a conclusion arguing that justice is an inherent component of the law and not separate or distinct from it given the history of the topic i start with a disclaimer the issues. The relation between law and justice is quite intimate and complex justice is a term which is capable of multiple interpretations and definitions this article aims to analyse the correlation between law and justice it has always been recognized that the purpose of the law is to ensure the effective administration of justice. A significant theme that has occupied the terrain of legal theory is the relationship between law and justice1 specifically the tension between formal legal processes and rules of law and the achievement of substantively just outcomes in individual cases. Isbn 9780198716105 authors alf ross