The courteous judge

Abstract

This paper analyzes the occurrence of courtesy in the judicial activity exercise. For this pourpose it starts the courtesy study by non legal bibliography and then check the possible application of this theme in legal field, focusing on the jurisdictional activity. As a parameter to the subject in civil procedural field it uses the understanding of courtesy of the Ibero-American Commission of Judicial Ethics, one of the organs of Cumbre Judicial Iberoamericana. After verifying the importance of courtesy by the magistrate in dealing with lawyers, justice employees and claimants, it concludes for the importance of devoted judges as well as the need to search for professional knowledge beyond the legal field including institutional support to it.