Relations of the judge with mass media and society (Theoretical and Practical Review)

Year 2023, Volume: 5 Issue: 9, 397 - 410, 01.10.2023

Nino Bochorishvili , Temuri Alaverdov

Abstract

At the earliest stage of the development of society, a person used various means of communication and communication. Man, as a social being, constantly sought to interact with other people. Today, communication represents, the transfer of information from person to person, from one system to another. Communication also means connection, message, news, interaction, exchange of information in society, creation, and dissemination of information, as well as a means of communication. In this case, judges are not the exception, they have the right to communication, and however they are limited in their actions, which are regulated by the Code of Judicial Ethics, In this case, it should be interpreted that the Code of Judicial Ethics represents an act of the judicial community, it establishes rules of conduct binding on each judge in the exercise of professional activities in the administration of justice and extrajudicial activities, based on high moral and ethical requirements, provisions of the law.

Keywords

Judges, Relations, Judicial Ethics, Media, Courts

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