Justice
- Judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments.
Life isn’t fair, and when fairness fails us (or better said, people fail us in dealing fairly), we seek justice. My first day of law school my professor said, “Why do we have the law? Because the law gives us certainty.” Not certainty that we will be pleased by the outcome, not certainty that the wound inflicted by unfairness will be wiped away, but rather certainty that we do have a recourse, and that that recourse will give us a fair hearing. In a non-legal setting justice can come in other forms, be it vindication, forgiveness, apology, or reparation. Following are excellent illustrations of people seeking, determining, receiving, and in some cases, dispensing it…
Examples of Justice in Film
- 12 Angry Men (1957)
- A Few Good Men
- A Map of the World
- A Time to Kill
- Agnes of God
- Alpha Dog
- Amazing Grace
- Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
- Beverly Hills Cop
- Captains Courageous
- Clear and Present Danger
- Courage Under Fire
- Cruel Intentions
- Dangerous Liaisons
- Dead Man Walking
- Disclosure
- Dolores Claiborne
- Doubt
- Everything is Illuminated
- Extremeties
- Fair Game
- Fargo
- Four Days in September
- Frailty
- Gandhi
- Gladiator
- Hard Candy
- I’ve Loved You So Long
- In the Bedroom
- Judgment at Nuremberg
- Lost in America
- Made in Dagenham
- Midnight Express
- Milk
- Murder in the First
- Mystic River
- Norma Rae
- Papillon
- Philadelphia
- Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
- Pride and Glory
- Reversal of Fortune
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Schindler’s List
- Seven / Se7en
- Shattered Glass
- Silkwood
- Snow Falling on Cedars
- Some version of Dangerous Liasions (any will do)
- State of Grace
- Super 8
- The Accused
- The Breakfast Club
- The Color Purple
- The Elephant Man
- The Fisher King
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (2009)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
- The Green Mile
- The Help
- The Hurricane
- The Italian Job
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Princess Bride
- The Shawshank Redemption
- The Silence of the Lambs
- The Woodsman
- Tower Heist
- Trading Places
- Valmont
- Waiting for Superman
- White Squall
“justice.” The Free Dictionary by Farlex. 18 Dec. 2011. <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/justice>.
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Back from a seriously scary health relapse in mid-October and returning to action. Kudos to my patient friends and colleagues, you're the best. New programs and more unrolling this year, here's to 2012!
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