Theories of Justice: A Treatise on Social Justice, Vol. 1 (California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy) (v. 1)
"Brian Barry's magisterial Theories of Justice, the first of three  projected volumes, takes as his two main examples the theories of justice set  out by Rawls and by David Hume. In 400 closely reasoned and often luminous pages  he goes a long way towards explaining both the impact of Rawls's book and some  of the most puzzling features of its reception."   --John Dunn, Times Literary  Supplement"This book is a state of art presentation of the analysis of  distributive justice as well as a critical discussion of this literature. The  insights of modern game theory, decision theory as well as moral philosophy and  philosophy of science are used to shed light on an important issue. . . . Well  worth reading."  --Manfred Kraft, Kyklos