%0 Journal Article %T (Il)legible game of connotations? Comments on the representation of justice in architecture %A Hryncewicz-Lamber, Grażyna %J Czasopismo Techniczne %V 2015 %N Architektura Zeszyt 9-A (15) 2015 %P 121-127 %K Architecture of the third power, transparency, iconography of architecture %@ 0011-4561 %D 2016 %U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/il-legible-game-of-connotations-comments-on-the-representation-of-justice-in-architecture %X The facades of palaces of justice (not always intentionally) reflect the meaning attributed to those buildings. Judicial pride aims to immortalize power, administrative efficiency and humanistic openness here gains a specific expression. Despite the fact that justice procedures seem difficult and obscure, one of the fundamental principles of a fair trial is the principle of democratic transparency of proceedings, embodied strongly in the architecture of constitutional courts.