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The science of justice 司法的学问 I think it s time we broke for lunch 该吃午餐了 Court rulings depend partly on when the judge lasthad a snack 法庭判决结果一定程度上取决于法官上一次吃点心的时间 AROUND the world, courthouses are adorned witha statue of a blindfolded woman holding a set ofscales and a sword: 世界各地的法院都装饰有一尊女子的雕像，这个女人被蒙住双眼，手持一架天平和一把剑。 Justice personified. 她是正义的化身。 Her sword stands for the power of the court, her scales for the competing claims of thepetitioners. 剑代表着法庭的权力，而天平代表着上诉人的竞争性权利主张。 The blindfold represents the principle that justice should be blind. 眼罩代表着司法的盲目性原则。 The law should be applied without fear or favour, with only cold reason and the facts of thecase determining what happens to the accused. 也就是说应用法律应该毫无畏惧和偏袒之心，只有冷静的推理和案件事实才能决定如何处理被告。 Lawyers, though, have long suspectedthat such lofty ideals are not always achieved in practice, even in well run judicial systemsfree from political meddling. | 
