Tag Lady Justice

March 4, 2011
in History, Law, Literature, Social Science

Representing Justice Contest Winner!

March 4, 2011
in History, Law, Literature, Social Science

We have a winner for our Representing Justice contest! Congratulations to Cynthia (and her aspiring artist-judge daughter, Ashley) for this winning portrayal of Justice!! Swiftly delivered from the gavel on-high, Justice is found for this particular criminal with what we can only guess will be a hard times sentence

December 16, 2010
in History, Humanities, Law, Philosophy, Social Science

For Liberty and Justice for All

December 16, 2010
in History, Humanities, Law, Philosophy, Social Science

The “Arts” section of today’s New York Times features a beautifully illustrated interview with Yale Law Professors Judith Resnik and Dennis Curtis, authors of Representing Justice: Invention, Controversy, and Rights in City-States and Democratic Courtrooms. The book tells in words and nearly 300 illustrations the story of how the image