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33 - Lady Justice

Many Sides to a Story

from Part VI - Creative Encounters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2022

By
Susanne Baer
Edited by
Rosemary Hunter  and
Erika Rackley
Rosemary Hunter
Affiliation:
University of Kent, Canterbury
Erika Rackley
Affiliation:
University of Kent, Canterbury
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Summary

It is clear from the start: ‘Brenda’ is a name of Old Norse origin, its meaning is ‘sword’, the sword is one attribute of Iustitia, and Iustitia is called, in English, a ‘Lady’ (Justice). So there we are.

And we are not. Lady Brenda Hale would not hesitate to point out, as she did in her reaction to the praise she received when she left the UK Supreme Court in December 2019: ‘There is always another side to a story.’

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Justice for Everyone
The Jurisprudence and Legal Lives of Brenda Hale
 , pp. 374 - 378
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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