Abstract
Governing is about keeping the balances of justice equal for all'. These are the words of former American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and it illustrates quite clearly a deep and indistinctable aspect of what Justice is supposed to be. Equal, fair and the same for everyone, no matter your social rank, your job or your social connections. Justice has been a fight for centuries. In France, this fight reached its highest point during the Revolution of 1789 which represented undoubtedly a rupture in the French history. To the reign of arbitrary and royal justice was substituted a more modern system, more equal, and independent from the power, in theory. Justice is supposed to be the most important thing in our society because, if we don't get justice, we don't get freedom or equality. It is because judges guarantee the respect of our rights that we know we are living in a state of justice/rights, or as the German jurisprudence says, a 'rechtstaat'. Therefore, it explains why the subject of Justice is at the heart of headlines. Everyday we talk about it, every important case attracts the attention of the media and the citizens, and there are always debates about improving the state of justice.
