A psychological and ethical theory of the process of judging (the procedural ethics of judgeship)

Abstract

In laying down the procedural ethics of judgeship, it is not out of place to start with an examination of the provisions of Act VIII of 1981. This law provides for the constitution of the Law Courts Commission which consists of a chairman and four other members, all appointed by the prime minister. A psychological interpretation of this law is to the effect that all the members of the commission except one are either persons involved in politics, or workers' organisations, or persons who have no knowledge of the law. The only member who must be learned in law is required to be a member of the committee of the Chamber· of Advocates, unless any of the two members of Parliament is a retired lawyer. The law seems to safeguard political impartiality through the selection of one of the two members of Parliament by the leader of the opposition.