BLIND JUSTICE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THE SYMBOLIC LADY JUSTICE IN ADJUDICATION

Authors

  • Mpho Mogadime

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29053/pslr.v12i.1883

Keywords:

neutrality, objectivity, judges, Lady Justice, constitutional dispensation, value-orientated approach, historical development

Abstract

This article serves as an analysis of the depiction of the neutrality and objectivity of judges through the image of Lady Justice. I will investigate whether this depiction is relevant under the current constitutional dispensation, bearing in mind a value-orientated approach to law. Firstly, I will discuss the historical development of the image of Lady Justice with regards to adjudication. Secondly, I will analyse the relevance of Lady Justice in a post-apartheid South African context. Thirdly, I will provide a discussion on the postapartheid contextual meaning of reconciliation and the onus of a value-orientated approach to adjudication that the Constitution has placed on the courts. 

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Published

28-05-2021

How to Cite

BLIND JUSTICE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THE SYMBOLIC LADY JUSTICE IN ADJUDICATION . (2021). The Pretoria Student Law Review , 12. https://doi.org/10.29053/pslr.v12i.1883

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