Buying social justice analyses how governments in developed and developing countries use their contracting power in order to advance social equality and reduce discrimination and argues that this approach is an entirely legitimate and efficient means of achieving social justice. Buying social justice analyses how governments in developed and developing countries use their contracting power in order to advance social equality and reduce discrimination and argues that this approach is an entirely legitimate and efficient means of achieving social justice the book looks at the different experiences of a range of countries including the uk canada the usa malaysia and south africa it also examines the impact of international and regional regulation of . Buying social justice equality government procurement and legal change by christopher mccrudden oxford oxford university press 2007 iii 680 pp isbn 978 0 19 923242 0 gbp11000 hardback isbn 978 0 19 923243 7 gbp4495 paperback volume 7 issue 4 tim murphy. Buying social justice analyses how governments in developed and developing countries use their contracting power in order to advance social equality and reduce discrimination and argues that this