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'''Lady Justice''' (or the '''Goddess of Justice''') is a personification of the legal system. She is frequently depicted as a bare-]ed woman carrying a ] and ], and sometimes wearing a ]. She is said to have been inspired by ], a goddess in ]. The image is frequently used to adorn ]s and ]s. '''Lady Justice''' ('''Iustitita''', the Roman '''Goddess of Justice''') is a personification of the moral force that underlies the legal system. Since the Renaissance, '''Justitia''' has frequently been depicted as a bare-]ed woman carrying a ] and ], and sometimes wearing a ]. Her modern ], which frequently adorns ]s and ]s, conflates the attributes of several goddesses who embodied Right Rule for Greeks and Romans, blended with Roman blindfolded ] (Greek ]).


In Antiquity, ]. daughter of ], was imagined carrying scales: "If some god had been holding level the balance of Dike" is an image in a fragment of ].
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⚫ ], Czech Republic, lacks the blindfold and scales of Justice, replacing the latter with a book.]]


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Lady Justice

Lady Justice (Iustitita, the Roman Goddess of Justice) is a personification of the moral force that underlies the legal system. Since the Renaissance, Justitia has frequently been depicted as a bare-breasted woman carrying a sword and scales, and sometimes wearing a blindfold. Her modern iconography, which frequently adorns courthouses and courtrooms, conflates the attributes of several goddesses who embodied Right Rule for Greeks and Romans, blended with Roman blindfolded Fortuna (Greek Tyche).

In Antiquity, Dike. daughter of Themis, was imagined carrying scales: "If some god had been holding level the balance of Dike" is an image in a fragment of Bacchylides.

This 19th-century sculpture of the Power of Law at Olomouc, Czech Republic, lacks the blindfold and scales of Justice, replacing the latter with a book.

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