Justice facts for kids
Justice is a concept on ethics and law that means that people behave in a way that is fair, equal and balanced for everyone.
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In law
Governments, and especially the police and courts, see that the laws are obeyed in most societies. Because they can punish a person for not obeying the law, most people agree that laws should be fair and the same for everyone. But governments sometimes make laws that many people believe are not just. If many people believe this, people may lose respect for the law and may even disobey it. However, in democratic societies, the law itself has ways to change or get rid of these unjust laws.
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Images for kids
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Justitia by Maarten van Heemskerk, 1556. Justitia carries symbolic items such as: a sword, scales and a blindfold
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Justice, one of the four cardinal virtues, by Vitruvio Alberi, 1589–1590. Fresco, corner of the vault, studiolo of the Madonna of Mercy, Palazzo Altemps, Rome
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Lex, justitia, pax (Latin for "Law, justice, peace") on the pediment of the Supreme Court of Switzerland
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J. L. Urban, statue of Lady Justice at court building in Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Walter Seymour Allward's Justitia (Justice), outside Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Canada
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Bonino da Campione, Justice, c. 1357, National Gallery of Art
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Moses with the Tablets of Law, by Rembrandt van Rijn
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Painted Coat of Arms of Pope Paul V, ceiling of the room of the geographical maps, Vatican City
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Allegory of Justice. Ceiling of galleria del Poccetti in the Palazzo Pitti (Florence)
See also
In Spanish: Justicia para niños
