Daniel SOULEZ LARIVIÈRE - Magistrate psychology, judicial institution and collective fantasies

Pouvoirs n°74 - Les juges - septembre 1995 - p.42-55

In order to exercise his power, a judge should not identify with the person he punishes, he should believe in the omnipotence of the mind, give free rein to his pulsions and hide behind a judicial logic which codifies reality. If the mode of recruitment, the training and the collective fantasies of the profession provide an institutional framework for this individual psychological structure, the confrontation between the judge and the nation seems inevitable since it seems more and more difficult to establish the right distance between the judge and those who are to be tried. Résumé

Référence électonique : Daniel SOULEZ LARIVIÈRE, "Magistrate psychology, judicial institution and collective fantasies", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°74, 1995, p.42-55. Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/Magistrate-psychology-judicial.html