Quality relating to unfairness or undeserved outcomes

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Solomon judges the case of the two harlots and their babies. Line engraving by J. Eisenhardt, 1847, after E. von Steinle.

The high priest questions Jesus after his arrest. Engraving by G. Huret after himself.

God and his angels sit in judgment; they divide humanity into the elect and the damned. Mezzotint by J. Stephenson after J. Martin.

Sir John Fielding wearing a blindfold sits in a chair holding instruments of justice before Madam Cornelys on the shoulders of a lawyer and the Duchess of Northumberland. Engraving, 1771.

Innocence attacked from four corners by "Iudex", "Persequutiō", "Avaritia" and "Invidia"; Justice looks down from above. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Two Chinese prisoners with their necks enclosed in stocks known as the 'cangue', watched by a guard and a weeping woman. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 1780/1880?.

The naked are led to hell on the day of judgement. Etching.

Four scenes all involving water: trial by water, people using divination rods, and different types of rods. Engraving.

The resurrected Christ flying above soldiers. Engraving.

One of the women whose child has died and whom Solomon will judge. Stipple engraving after N. Poussin.

Chinese prisoners being subjected to torture: two men are shown bound and suspended from a horizontal pole, watched by their torturer, while two others await a similar fate below. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 1780/1880?.

A woman bearing a sword and measuring scales; representing justice. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

Living well now and in the future : why sustainability matters / Randall Curren and Ellen Metzger.

What about the rapists? : anarchist approaches to crime and justice.

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Justice

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Solomon judges the case of the two harlots and their babies. Line engraving by J. Eisenhardt, 1847, after E. von Steinle.

Living well now and in the future : why sustainability matters / Randall Curren and Ellen Metzger.

God and his angels sit in judgment; they divide humanity into the elect and the damned. Mezzotint by J. Stephenson after J. Martin.

What about the rapists? : anarchist approaches to crime and justice.

A woman bearing a sword and measuring scales; representing justice. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

Justice

Images from the collections

Images referencing Justice

Works from the collections

Solomon judges the case of the two harlots and their babies. Line engraving by J. Eisenhardt, 1847, after E. von Steinle.

Living well now and in the future : why sustainability matters / Randall Curren and Ellen Metzger.

God and his angels sit in judgment; they divide humanity into the elect and the damned. Mezzotint by J. Stephenson after J. Martin.

What about the rapists? : anarchist approaches to crime and justice.

A woman bearing a sword and measuring scales; representing justice. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.

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