This authoritative and accessible introduction to the fundamental concerns for justice common to societies around the globe brings together foundational and contemporary concepts, exploring and explaining the major issues from sovereignty and severe poverty to environmental justice and human rights. * The most comprehensive introductory text on global justice * Brings together key foundational and contemporary perspectives * Covers high-profile issues such as poverty, sovereignty, environmental and distributional justice * Each chapter provides illuminating examples from current affairs, as well as a selection of further reading matter to add depth to students understanding. * Designed to give students of law, philosophy, and politics a thorough grounding in the field * Conceived as an ideal companion text to The Global Justice Reader, revised first edition (2014), yet provides full standalone coverage