The study of diagenesis in rocks is used to understand the geologic history they have undergone and the nature and type of fluids that have circulated through them.From a commercial standpoint, such studies aid in assessing the likelihood of finding various economically viable mineral and hydrocarbon deposits.he term diagenesis, literally meaning across generation, is extensively used in geology. However, this term has filtered into the field of anthropology, archaeology and paleontology to describe the changes and alterations that take place on skeletal (biological) material.
Retributive justice. Retributive justice is a theory of justice which holds that the best response to a crime is a proportionate punishment, inflicted for its own sake rather than to serve an extrinsic social purpose, such as deterrence or rehabilitation of the offender.
Contrary to the dominant view, retributive justice cannot ground courtsâ imposition of punishment. Yet, it is a sound and distinct mode of justice that bears on just judgments in court, and an important one at that.It is characterized and distinguished from other forms of justice by the distinct, sound and irreducible grounds for allocation of existing burdens in retributive justice, namely negative desert.ome other fact must ground any claim Anne may have to a quid pro quo for her kindness; this paper assumes that some such fact exists. 65 19 M. Rodgers On Retributive Justice and the x allocated as requital for y (punishment) and that some agent makes requital to D for and in response to y.