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Issue in Depth from JUSTICE BLIND? |
 | | The figure, named “Justitia” after the Roman goddess of justice, may have its origins in the Greek mythological goddess Themis (who is considered the goddess of divine justice) and her daughter Dike (Hansen, 1999). |
 | | Justitia has outlasted symbols of every other virtue of humankind: “show us a hulking woman with scales, blindfold, and sword, and the association is immediate: Justice” (Curtis and Resnick, 1987: 1733). |
 | | Justitia has been depicted with other ambiguous items, including a cornucopia, a fasces (bundle of rods), a scepter, books, a human skull, an ostrich or a crane, and a dog and snake. |
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