Georges Sorel and the psychology of the judge
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https://doi.org/10.63277/gsc.v27i.4863Keywords:
Psychology, law, judge, criminal trial, confessionAbstract
In the biennium 1894/1895, Georges Sorel wrote two articles for the Italian periodical «Archivio di psichiatria», edited by the famous psychiatrist Cesare Lombroso. One of them was given over to the judge’s psychology. The subject was decidedly original. Georges Sorel was interested not only in politics and philosophy in his life, but also in law and psychology. In this article he put both these two branches of knowledge to good use for outlining a profile of the psychology of this professional category. Despite always being a fervent advocate of the centrality of the intervention of the courts in the construction of law, the portrait painted by Sorel of the psychology of the judge is not so edifying. The judge, according to the French philosopher, is often suffering from a superiority complex that brings him to abuse his authority. This complex, in general, is able to pervert those who wield great power toward other subjects, and judges, from this point of view, are no an exception.
