The role of the judge is to enforce the law<\/b>, not to defuse… social “noise”. <\/p>\n
When we hear that the Supreme Judicial Council<\/b> is “absolutely obliged” to renew the terms of office of Greek prosecutors serving in the European Public Prosecutor’s Office<\/b> because of… noise, then a… parallel system of administering justice is created.<\/p>\n
It doesn’t take a constitutional scholar to understand that the decisions of the Justice do not depend on the headlines and the mood of public opinion<\/b>. The public sense of justice is manipulative and vindictive and if the judiciary blindly follows it, it turns into a popular court<\/b>, which leads to the suppression of the rights of the accused. <\/p>\n
The judge does not legislate, and when he “fixes” the law as he sees fit, he is effectively abusing the role of Parliament<\/b>, which is the only one democratically legitimized to express the will of society through laws. This is a violation of the separation of powers. <\/p>\n
The judge uses “public sentiment” not as a source of law, but as an interpretive tool only where the law is unclear (e.g. in concepts such as “morality”). <\/p>\n
His job is to become a “buffer” to the impulses of the masses, applying the rule of law even when it is unpopular and not convenient to the “train” of… the rule of law.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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