Contrary to corrective justice theorists, he argues that private law is more about empowering individuals to seek redress for wrongs, and less about compensating for losses.
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Bryant concluded that in his judgments on private law, Callinan'showed a strong preference for achieving corrective justice, and a corresponding reluctance to take into account arguments based on considerations of distributive justice . . . based on clearly held and expressed views on the proper limits of the appellate judicial role '.