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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•29 days agoIt’s not just that. People fought duels over their honor in the past. We don’t have duels anymore, so we shouldn’t rely on a judge to recuse themselves. It is a founding concept of European law that no one should be a judge in their own case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemo_iudex_in_causa_sua
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•29 days agoDuelling wouldn’t apply to this case For obvious reasons a judge wouldn’t duel parties in a civil (or criminal) case but also the judge would be ruining his own honour
It’s not just that. People fought duels over their honor in the past. We don’t have duels anymore, so we shouldn’t rely on a judge to recuse themselves.
It is a founding concept of European law that no one should be a judge in their own case:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemo_iudex_in_causa_sua
Duelling wouldn’t apply to this case
For obvious reasons a judge wouldn’t duel parties in a civil (or criminal) case but also the judge would be ruining his own honour