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Blind Justice, a 1995 novel by Bruce Alexander; Blind Justice (comics), is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Blind Justice, a story featuring Batman, and first appearance of fictional character Henri Ducard, written by Sam Hamm for Detective Comics #598-#600 (March 1989-May 1989)
Justitia was only commonly represented as "blind" since the middle of the 16th century. The first known representation of blind Justice is Hans Gieng's 1543 statue on the Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen (Fountain of Justice) in Bern. [9] Instead of using the Janus approach, many sculptures simply leave out the blindfold altogether.
However the reciprocal justice applies across social boundaries: the "eye for eye" principle is directly followed by the proclamation "You are to have one law for the alien and the citizen." [31] This shows a much more meaningful principle for social justice, in that the marginalized in society were given the same rights under the social structure.
The committee was dismayed when the United States Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" public facilities were constitutional; this enabled segregation for decades. Historian Mark Elliott credits Tourgée with introducing the metaphor of "color blind justice" into legal discourse. [1]
Moral blindness, also known as ethical blindness, is defined as a person's temporary inability to see the ethical aspect of a decision they are making. It is often caused by external factors due to which an individual is unable to see the immoral aspect of their behavior in that particular situation.
On the evening before he was to argue a case before the Supreme Court years ago, Jeffrey Fisher broke his glasses. “I couldn’t imagine doing argument without seeing their faces,” Fisher said.
Turning a blind eye is an idiom describing the ignoring of undesirable information. The Oxford English Dictionary records usage of the phrase in 1698. [1] The phrase to turn a blind eye is often associated with Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.
A Western TV movie titled Blind Justice was released in 1994 from HBO. A blinded Civil War veteran protects a baby he is transporting to family beyond a border town besieged by bandits. In the 1998 video game series Guilty Gear, one of the original characters is named Zato-1, who also happens to be a blind assassin. Although his name is ...