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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 often appears as a pair with Prudentia.
"Lady Justice" holding a 2-pan balance beam scale, and a sword: Statue of Justice, Central Criminal Court, London, UK. The scales (specifically, a two-pan, beam balance) are one of the traditional symbols of justice, as wielded by statues of Lady Justice. This corresponds to the use in a metaphor of matters being "held in the balance".
In Greek mythology, Dike or Dice [1] (/ ˈ d aɪ k iː / or / ˈ d aɪ s iː /; [2] Greek: Δίκη, Díkē, 'justice, custom') is the goddess of justice and the spirit of moral order and fair judgement as a transcendent universal ideal or based on immemorial custom, in the sense of socially enforced norms and conventional rules.
Scales of justice (symbol), scales held by Lady Justice symbolizing the measure of a case's support and opposition; Scales of Justice, a 1983 Australian television drama "Scales of Justice", a song by Avantasia from the 2010 album The Wicked Symphony; Scales of Justice, a novel by New Zealand writer Ngaio Marsh featuring her character Inspector ...
The balance scales seen in depictions of Lady Justice can be seen as representing the weighing of evidence in a legal proceeding. Main article: Evidence (law) In law, the production and presentation of evidence depend first on establishing on whom the burden of proof lies.
While President Joe Biden has accepted the verdict against his son, Trump and his supporters continue to blast Lady Justice and the scales this nation's democracy relies on.
Lady Justice is the symbol of the judiciary. [1] [2] Justice is depicted as a goddess equipped with three symbols of the rule of law: a sword symbolizing the court's coercive power; scales representing the weighing of competing claims; and a blindfold indicating impartiality. [3]
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