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Statue of Lady Justice blindfolded and holding a balance and a sword, outside the Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong. Lady Justice (Latin: Iustitia) is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. [1] [2] Her attributes are scales, a sword and sometimes a blindfold.
She and her mother are both personifications of justice. She is depicted as a young, slender woman carrying a balance scale and wearing a laurel wreath. The constellation Libra (the Scales) was anciently thought to represent her distinctive symbol. She is often associated with Astraea, the goddess of innocence and purity.
The woman is holding a pair of scales, as a symbol of justice, but her eyes are closed—a reference to the traditional depiction of Lady Justice wearing a blindfold, but also a suggestion that justice is degenerating into a self-righteous unwillingness to see an obvious injustice.
It has been loaned to the town for 20 years. The name of the piece refers to "truth" and Hirst describes his work as a "modern allegory of truth and justice". [1] The statue depicts a pregnant woman holding aloft a sword while carrying the scales of justice and standing on a pile of law books. [1]
Cannon overturns the scales of justice. If Donald Trump is elected in November, it was helped by a very biased [U.S. District] Judge Aileen Cannon's delays that ensured Trump would not go to trail ...
Maat was the goddess of harmony, justice, and truth represented as a young woman. [8] Sometimes she is depicted with wings on each arm or as a woman with an ostrich feather on her head. [ 9 ] The meaning of this emblem is uncertain, although the god Shu , who in some myths is Maat's brother, also wears it. [ 10 ]
Other objects associated with Santa Muerte include scales, an hourglass, an owl, and an oil lamp. [10] The scales allude to equity, justice, and impartiality, as well as divine will. [22] An hourglass indicates the time of life on earth and also the belief that death is not the end, as the hourglass can be inverted to start over. [22]
He represented Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in the House investigation of Jan. 6. Paoletta served as chief counsel for the Energy and Commerce subcommittee ...