The Figure Of A Judge In Society

The figure of a judge in society

Introduction

The work of judges and magistrates, as administrators of justice and servants of general interest, acquires utmost importance for the ethical progress of society. Since ancient times, the figure of the judge has been a proverbial receiver respect. The judge’s responsibility, together with impartiality, appears as characteristic notes of a European judicial culture that dates back to the origins of the political and legal culture of the West, Greece and Rome.

Developing

In ancient Greece, the figure of the judge was subject to constant deontological reflections, being the Greek literature great reflection of this. Homer, who was considered as a teacher and spiritual guide of the people, reflects in his poems the existence of two essential elements to achieve a decent life in the polis: justice, as a fundamental virtue;and laws, as a guide of human life. Special emphasis was put into the importance of the righteousness and impartiality of the judges. 

Thus, for example, in classical Greece it was emphasized that they would not accept gifts, which even graphically reflected when representing justice Manca. Plato, in his famous dialog. In Rome, references to the necessary probity of those who exercised the positions of judges and magistrates were not lacking. Thus, Ulpiano, in Book I of the institutions.

He points out that ‘it is convenient that the one who has to devote himself to the law knows first of where the word ius comes from.

Call, justice, because, as Celso defines it, the right is the art of good and the equitable. For this reason, some call us priests, because we cultivate justice, we profess the knowledge of the good and of the equitable, discerning the lawful of the illicit, yearning to make men good, looking forward to me, if I do not deceive me, the truePhilosophy, not the apparent ‘.

conclusion

The judges impart justice, ‘give each one theirs’, as Ulpiano points out in the aforementioned text, and, for this, they must not only apply the laws fairly, but also demonstrate a professional and personal dignity coherent with their postulates. Aristotle expresses very clearly the judge’s work, indicating that ‘the judge is the right living’ ’. As for our historical right, it should be noted that in jurisdiction we judge we find principles addressed to the judges, especially in terms of their function during the process.