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Commutative justice

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COMMUTATIVE JUSTICE. That virtue whose object is, to render to every one what belongs to him, as nearly as may be, or that which governs contracts.
     2. The word commutative is derived from commutare, which signifies to exchange. Lepage, El. du Dr. ch. 1, art. 3, Sec. 3. See Justice.
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Commutative justice is the assurance of fairness in exchanges of goods between members of the community.
The Renaissance novella as justice by Langer, Ulrich / Renaissance Quarterly
What results is more of a work on the evolution of commutative justice and how prior thinkers influenced Smith than a thorough analysis of Smith's views on the subject.
Economics as a Moral Science: The Political Economy of Adam Smith by Bethune, John J. / Southern Economic Journal
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