Comment Re:UK USA (Score 1) 111
In other countries, judges must have a law background and are usually experience, well respected lawyers who have practiced for many years. This is to give the judge a healthy respect for how the courts work both in theory and practice.
The purpose of the courts is not to blindly apply law; it is to provide justice. There is a difference.
If you just want someone to read from a book and apply its teachings, you want a preacher or a priest, not a judge. Justice is all about interpretation and discretion.
As Cicero wrote:
True law is right reason in agreement with nature... The welfare of the people is the ultimate law.
The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong... The more laws, the less justice.