Tribunate of the People Greco-Roman Law: Southwest Plato Writing His Dialog on the Ideal Republic Orestes Before the Areopagites The Codification of Roman Law under Justinian Historical Documents: South (pierced panels) The Signing of the Declaration of Independence The Magna Carta The Writing of the Constitution of the United States English Law: Southeast The Codification of Anglo-Saxon Law under Ethelbert Milton Defending Free Speech before Cromwell Burke Defending America in Parliament Freedom in America: East Las Casas Pleading the Cause of the Indian The Signing of the Pilgrim Compact on the Mayflower Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation Nebraska Law: Northeast The Purchase of Louisiana from Napoleon The Kansas-Nebraska Bill The Admission of Nebraska as a State in the Union Ten buttress sculptures along the top of the capitol's south arm represent the great western lawgivers. The buttress figures are depicted in chronological order from west to east and are best observed from the south steps with the exception of the first and the last. The figures of Minos and Napoleon are best observed from the northwest and northeast courtyards respectively: Minos Hammurabi Moses Akhnaton Solon Solomon Julius Caesar Justinian Charlemagne Napoleon The Tower Eight buttress sculptures around the base of the tower represent the ideals of culture. The buttress figures are best observed from within the four courtyards or at a distance from the sidewalk around the building: Northwest Pentaour: Dawn of History Ezekiel: Cosmic Tradition Southwest Socrates: Birth of Reason Marcus Aurelius: Reign of Law Southeast St. John the Apostle: Glorification of Faith Louis IX: Age of Chivalry Northeast Isaac Newton: Discovery of Nature Abraham Lincoln: Liberation of Peoples Landscape In May 1933, under ever-worsening economic conditions, the Nebraska Legislature re-appropriated the Capitol Commission's unexpended budget. With depleted funds, the commission resolved to terminate its own existence, leaving some projects like the interior murals and the courtyard fountains incomplete. In 2017, the State of Nebraska installed the originally-planned fountains in cast-bronze in each of the Capitol's four courtyards. Interior The interior of the Nebraska State Capitol's monumental corridor is architecturally composed of three rooms: Vestibule, Great Hall, and Rotunda. Decorations expanding upon themes of Nebraska are read in a specific sequence beginning at the main, north door. Monumental ornamentation is also found within the Governor's Suite, the Warner Legislative Chamber (former senate), the George W. Norris Legislative Chamber (unicameral), and Memorial Chamber (14th floor). Meière designed the black and