Lady Justice is seen in
almost every court room around the world. She bears three symbols the scales,
sword, and the blindfold. The scales represent that she carefully weighs the claims
of each person that come into the courtroom and each scale carries symbols.
These symbols are engraved to the scales such as a dove to represent good, the Gemini
to represent the he/she said, a snake to represent evil or bad claims, a scroll
to show the written law or facts. The second symbol is her sword. Her sword represents
that she rules swift and justly with the enforcement measures. The sword is barely
held by her right hand, but is close to her body. Last is her blindfold and the
most recognizable and represents decisions of objectivity and impartial judgments. The original sculpture of Lady Justice is
unknown. She bears Greek and Roman ties and is thought to be a version of
Aphrodite, or her sister Themis. Within her ties to Greco-Roman, she also
carries early symbols of Christianity with her.
Lady Justice represents everything we would hope
for in our courtrooms and criminal justice system. Sadly, that is not always
the case. Just like the Cadi in The
Sultan’s Dilemma he started out strong and worked by the law he swore to
upheld and then at the end he took the law that he was righteously devoted to
and twisted it to fit his means for getting the sultan back. This happens every
day in our court rooms by police officers, lawyers and judges. The law was put
in place to protect the rights that our forefathers went above and beyond to
protect, not to be dissected by officials to bend it to their needs.
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