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An attack on democracy that must be openly interrogated

IF there is ever a new court building constructed in Britain the architects should think twice before installing the traditional figure of Lady Justice.

By convention she stands blindfolded, the better to remain impartial before the evidence. It is a classical, old-fashioned interpretation. Today, Justice is more likely to take the form of a clear-eyed relative, a wife, a mother, a husband, a father, who is determined to stare down authority until the truth emerges.

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