why people say te law is BLIND?

Answer 1

Because it is powerless if there is no proof or evidence......... almost as though it can't see and has to hear depositions of others and be touched by proof.

Answer 2

Justice through law is supposed to be less partial, blind as to race, religion and sex. A nice dream, but no mechanical mechanism can work with out the humanity within us coming out in full force as the letter kills. Hate wins out inside us over reason, but love kills the hate and is really stronger because it's more enjoyable in the long run and many are finding it while others are confused as to what's going on. It's the paradigm shift they've been talking about. You have to be a prophet to see the signs, but I see a ground swell of a new attitude on the way where justice will start being more blind to ignorance and predjudice.. For instance, they put up screens for auditions for the world's symphony orchestras a few years ago and the number of women rose from two percent to fifty percent from that simple change. There are many easy ways to change things and truth has to win in the information age as we know more. So much good is being done that is not advertised and we are in for many surprise, I feel. It's about time.

Answer 3

Law Is Blind

Answer 4

There are many times that the law is blind.

Laws are made for equal rights. But, have you seen it happen perfectly equal? Not for me.

For example, when in a car accident, sometimes, the one that is wrong has to only pay half coverage and still the person innocent also pays the other half. In real law, it is only the wrong that does the paying. I know this because my mom was also in such blindness accident.

You've seen this stuff all over. Those in jail, i can promise you that there is at least 1 person in there is innocent. The law is not always right. There are times that people change the scenes around in what happened to what seemed to happen, causing innocent to become guilty and guilty to become innocent.

What it basically means its that, the law is not fair and is not equal.( for example, Asian judges helps Asian people, and American people help American people, race helps race,)

Blind as in it can only view the facts and evidence but cannot view what actually happened. That's what i think it means, but what others said is also correct.


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Answer 5

Because those people are not really thinking that the "LAW''is actually people !
Could there be a person anywhere who is truly blind to skin color, wealth or lack thereof.
That is why I love the idea that we can hold people accountable for there screw up and impeach, fire them or just vote them out of the' law ' type position they are holding.
We need to 'keep our heads up' and hold the 'law 'accountable when it goes wrong.

Answer 6

Justice is blind and Laws are a very pour substitute for Morality.

Answer 7

It means that the law is to be adminstered impartially. And to a major extent, it is. However, this almost always only applies to criminal law. Civil law allows each to prove their case, and the one that can afford the best, usually wins. But, in the case of a jury trial, the verdict still rests with 12 supposedly impartial jurors.

Answer 8

Justice is represented by a women hold a scale and she is blindfolded so that she cannot see. Law is supposed to represent justice. It all gets lost int the translation just as God's word gets lost in the translation.

Answer 9

LAW is never blind. Justice is supposed to be. Justice should be impartial, therefore may not see race, religion, gender, physical appearance, nor age, or anything else that may influence it in any way in its decision making . . .

Answer 10

i think because it doesn't support partiality, for example, race, colour, background, financial status.
it doesn't (shouldn't) discriminate amongst the people who come to law for justice.

though "law is blind" right now is more of a pun... ;)

:)