“Judge-Only” Justice V. Collaborators: Introduction.

Contribution in the volume "Authonomy and Etheronomy of the Judiciary in Europe". Who and how many are the collaborators of judges? The answer may differ according to the perspective under which Justice is considered. A distinction is proposed between “direct” and “indirect” collaborators of judges, according to the side of Justice observed. If Justice is confined simply to the classical function performed by courts, i.e. deciding cases according to the law, judges never act alone, since they normally benefit from the help of different kinds of assistants helping them at different levels in their daily work. But when paying attention to the facet of Justice concerning the concrete enforcement of decision, it becomes inevitable to take into account different categories of subjects involved in the “administration” of justice. And under this second perspective, justice can be considered as a matter for everyone