Welcome to the
Images Of Justice Quarterly. #1
Inspirational images, anecdotes and quotes for the legal
profession.
This issue
featuring Atticus Finch and the symbolism
of names.
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We all love
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird
and the values it inspires. But have you ever considered how
the character's names are so cleverly, yet simply chosen to
represent their roles within this remarkable parable.
Scout, or
Miss Jean Louise, is truly our scout, who seeks the truth
and guides us through the narration. Jem is
the multi faceted rough cut jewel of innocence, a gem to be
polished to reveal his true potential. Dill
(Truman Capote in real life) is the spice that stirs the pot
and sets the story in motion. In history, Atticus
was a close friend of Cicero and, like the novel's hero,
renowned for his sound judgment. He also had one son and one
daughter.
Names such as these are
called aptronyms and in the legal profession
perhaps the most striking is that of the New York judicial
philosopher and Appeals Court Judge, Learned Hand.
Renowned for his clarity of legal expession and his defense
of civil liberties and free speech he more than lived up to
his aptly chosen name. On the other side of the bench,
Bernie Madoff comes to mind. Isn't he the
man who made off with so many people's hard earned
money?
Whose heart does not leap as
a dejected Atticus Finch turns to leave the courtroom. The
Reverend Sykes leans down to Scout as the Afro-American
community, segregated upstairs on the balcony, rises in
profound respect for this courageous attorney of conscience.
Miss Jean Louise, Stand up! Your father's passin'.
QUARTERLY QUOTE:
The one thing that
doesn't abide by majority rule
is a person's conscience.
Atticus Finch.
Conscience.
Even when there is no law there is conscience.
Reflected in her mirror she
walks a narrow path bordered with flowers and thorns,
between the way of an all too easy moral sense and the
difficult route of a still and quiet conscience
Original painting on arches aquarelle. 1995.
In the
private collection of Michael and Gloria Neville. Ottawa.
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