Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTexas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Mattersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1927arrow-down111
arrow-up1916arrow-down1external-linkTexas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Mattersarstechnica.comXatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square111fedilink
minus-squareKevonLooney@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months 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-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·3 months 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