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In the daily life of every person and the life of the law, if without a word justice, it means our society is condemning that we are indirectly handed with crimes, and we are losing a beauty of justice.For example, Lorri Nandrea, in her essay "Having No Hand in the Matter" the Athena court of law usually gives a ruling based on the evidence, which it has gathered, instead of trying to look on why the crime is committed. Therefore, some of the victims suffer from unjustly because of the court's judgement is indistinct. Nandrea defines justice in her essay, she provides a lot of examples about crimes and how the court judging these cases, so what is the concept of justice and why do we need justice? In my thoughts, justice is the concept of moral rightness based on law, fairness, and ethics. Nevertheless, not every person could have access to justice, such as Nandrea's essay, there some cases not get justice because of the court's judgments.
An element of justice I want to consider first is “law," as we know the court is a place talking about the law; it is a toehold for people to have justice and peace in the court. If a country without laws, it will disorder with many crimes over the country; For instance, “yet if the court disembody justice, it affirms the embodiment of crime, it locates guilt at the point of contact, linking the name to the crime through the hand” (page 27). The case of Orestes, he is a hero to many people because he was only trying to avenge his father's death, that's why he should get enough justice; but the Athena court condemned him because he against his mother, which is the most serious crimes. In addition, the Furies were so cruel, they tortured him before they bring him into the Athe...

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...ed following the rule of law that based on the foundation for a crime has to include motivation and purpose. The fairness creates justice; sometimes we can see several mistakes of justice because the foundation unsustainable, and the court system cannot work without evidence and the truth.
In conclusion, I want to remind again about my three elements in justice is fairness, law, and ethics. These elements are really are important in life, it helps us to realize the justice around us. Indeed, some cases were getting justice because the truth is unachieved, but I believe through this essay, We must study how to take responsibility of our mistakes, and conceal is not a good method to obtain the sympathy of others, because we cannot ignore ethics and justice and I believe justice never dies in all situations.

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