Law and Symbolism

Professor. Dr. Dr. h.c. Reiner Schulze

Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster

11th March 2008

Civil Justice Centre

Manchester

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“Justitia”with typical accessories:

blindfold, scales and sword

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Swearing in of Joschka Fischer – wearing trainers – 1985First elected minister from the Green Party

who took office as Minister for the Environment .

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Juristic newspaper for the kingdom of Hannover, 1826

Title: “The eye of Justice”

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“Hall of Peace” (Münster/Westf.)

Original council chambers with intricately carved wooden panelling in Gothic style.

The main salon is where the Peace of Westphalia was signed, marking the end of the

Thirty Years’ War.

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Constitutional Court of North Rhine-WestfaliaConference hall

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Different forms of execution and bodily punishments, 1509

Pre-modern Pillory

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Imperial regalia:Crown, orb, sceptre and key

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French Lawyer, 1900

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Ernst Friedrich SievekingHigher Regional Court Hamburg

1905

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Courtroom in Säckingen (Baden - Württemberg), 1966

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Ground-plan for a courtroom for Jury courts, 1882

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Federal Constitutional CourtGermany

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Nuremberg trials, 1945 - 1946

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Courtesy of the European Court of Justice

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International Criminal Court for former YugoslaviaArrangement of the parties