Distributive and Retributive Justice in Canada

The publications of the Law Reform Commission raise many ethical issues. One question - how distributive justice affects the working of retributive justice - is raised in several of their studies but not yet explicitly faced. This paper\u27 approaches the question by way of a reflection on Paul Weiler\u27s lucid and balanced argument, presented in The Reform of Punishment . 2 1 fully agree with the polemic thrust of Weiler\u27s essay, namely, that the rehabilitative model of corrections, which views crime as a disease, is inadequate and leads to injustice. What I aim to do here is to analyse and subject to some empirical scrutiny Weiler\u27s argument to re-establish a philosophical basis for a retributive understanding of criminal justice