Editing Justice (section)

===Equity===
{{Main|Social equity}}
In [[legal theory]], equity is seen as the concept connecting law to justice, since law cannot be applied without reference to justice.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Titi |first=Catharine |title=The Function of Equity in International Law |date=2021 |publisher=Oxford university press |isbn=978-0-19-886800-2 |location=Oxford |chapter=4}}</ref> In that context, justice is seen as 'the rationale and the ethical foundation of equity'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Titi |first=Catharine |date=14 August 2023 |title=International law in quest for justice |url=https://blog.oup.com/2023/08/international-law-in-quest-for-justice/ |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=OUPblog |language=en}}</ref> One approach towards equity in justice is [[community policing]].<ref name="b308">{{cite journal |last=Thacher |first=David |title=Equity and community policing: A new view of community partnerships |journal=[[Criminal Justice Ethics]] |volume=20 |issue=1 |year=2001 |issn=0731-129X |doi=10.1080/0731129X.2001.9992093 |pages=3–16}}</ref> [[Marxism]] is a needs-based theory, expressed succinctly in [[Karl Marx|Marx's]] slogan "[[from each according to his ability, to each according to his need]]".<ref>Karl Marx, 'Critique of the Gotha Program' in ''Karl Marx: Selected writings'' ed. [[David McLellan (political scientist)|David McLellan]] (Oxford: [[Oxford University Press]], 1977): 564–70 [569].</ref>