So far we have considered the justice or injustice of laws
which may be viewed as distributing among individuals burdens
and benefits. Some of the benefits are tangible, like poor
relief, or food rations; others are intangible, like the protection
from bodily harm given by the criminal law, or the facilities
afforded by laws relating to testamentary or contractual
capacity, or the right to vote. From distribution in this wide
sense, we must distinguish compensation for injury done by one
person to another. Here the connection between what is just