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Ph.D Student of Private Law at University of justice
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Ph.D Student of International Relations at Tehran University
Abstract
Disambiguation and shedding light on the judicial qualities and virtues of good judges would affect the judges who lack these qualities and virtues in the process of ongoing learning and emulation. Eventually, continuous expanding of this process will increase believes and trusts of public to a judicial system. For this reason, this article from a historical and comparative perspective explains judicial virtues in the past eras, various legal cultures and different scientific theories. Furthermore, in summary, the present study addresses judges ‘role in Europe based on current development in this continent such as the globalization of law and the importance of the Human Rights Declaration. In addition, this study identifies virtues and skills of the good judges conducting a survey of employed judges, trainee judges and graduate applicants attending the test of judgment In conclusion, it is argued that a good judge depicted the high values of Independence and impartiality, Trustworthiness and morality.
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