“The judge applies the law but also tries to breathe new life into it”

“JTell them: stop whining, don’t lose faith, keep the flame alive! Our job is hard, but exercising it is also an honor and a privilege. So, hold on and work! “ She is too well brought up to say it in these terms, but Simone Rozès, who will be 102 years old in March, would kick the buttocks of the magistrates who, on December 15, demonstrated in front of the palaces after signing the platform of the World in which 3,000 judges and prosecutors expressed their ” pain “ and a feeling of “Loss of meaning”. Silver hair and rosy cheekbones, this tall figure of the bench adds, frowning: “I understand their frustration, we would always like to have more time to study a file, to do the due diligence that we want, but …