Law and Symbolism Professor. Dr. Dr. h.c. Reiner Schulze Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster 11th March 2008 Civil Justice Centre Manchester

2 Justitia with typical accessories: blindfold, scales and sword

3 Swearing in of Joschka Fischer – wearing trainers – 1985 First elected minister from the Green Party who took office as Minister for the Environment.

4 Juristic newspaper for the kingdom of Hannover, 1826 Title: The eye of Justice

5 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.

6 Constitutional Court of North Rhine-Westfalia Conference hall

7 Different forms of execution and bodily punishments, 1509 Pre-modern Pillory

8 Imperial regalia: Crown, orb, sceptre and key

9 French Lawyer, 1900

10 Ernst Friedrich Sieveking Higher Regional Court Hamburg 1905

11 Courtroom in Säckingen (Baden - Württemberg), 1966

12 Ground-plan for a courtroom for Jury courts, 1882

13 Federal Constitutional Court Germany

14 Nuremberg trials,

15 Courtesy of the European Court of Justice

16 International Criminal Court for former Yugoslavia Arrangement of the parties