Justice has been defined in different ways by different thinkers. Spirit of justice binds people in discipline so that while respecting others’ rights, they are devoted to their own duties as well. Since ancient times, concept of justice has been an important subject of political thought. 

Different political thinkers have given different definitions of justice :

According to Plato : 

“To work what is designated by a person and not to interfere into others’ works is justice.”

According to Aristotle : 

“The only base of origin of justice is public utility.”

According to Saint Augustine : 

“Justice is embedded in spending systematic and disciplined life and following those duties, which a system demands for.”

Traditional Theory of Justice : 

In the traditional theory of justice, justice is defined against the assumption of good virtues, good character, good deeds, spirituality and appropriateness of a human. All works which are upto the marks on these attributes are called in accordance with justice. According to Plato, ‘Justice is virtue of a soul.” The way the rule of justice balances all the sides of human personality, exactly in the same way, the pervasive rule in the society establishes coordination in all the three classes – rulers, soldiers and producers.

According to Aristotle, whatever is appropriate and legal, which has faith in equal and appropriate distribution, is justice. Saint Augustine regards justice an inevitable element. In the thoughts related to the initial convention of justice, human’s morality, his virtues and natural elements as having been given by God, are thought to be conception of justice.