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What is the role of justice in a democracy? [View all]
Not necessarily a Department of Justice but rather the general ideal of "justice"?
Do citizens need to see justice as "unbiased"?
Do they need to see that no one is above the law - that there are not two systems of justice?
How important is justice to the survival of democracy?
Is the lack of justice the signal for corruption?
Should justice only apply to the "little guy" that breaks the law?
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