The secret is in the mistake of the judgment

"The secret in the mistake of the judiciary" is a book by its author F. Gillerme, a lawyer, before the Court of Appeal in Paris. In it, the author sensitively examines the flaws of the judiciary, akin to a skilled doctor feeling the patient's body to diagnose the disease and prescribing medicine in a form pleasing to the eyes of readers, especially those who intended it for judges, deputies, experts, and others entrusted with establishing the pillars of justice on the firmest foundation. The noble goal it aims for, which is to reform the judiciary for the benefit of litigants, has elevated it above self-interest based on seeking favor from judges through flattery, sometimes justified and often unjustified. The book consists of eight chapters, discussing "judicial errors" and their consequences, the necessity of investigating the elements constituting judicial errors, the philosophical interpretation of wrong and right, and the definition of judicial error. It also discusses the qualities required in a judge, the investigating judge and their duties, corruption in the profession, the validity of confessions as evidence, the necessity of supervising means of defense, and the principle of good faith. The book addresses the issue of testimony and related involuntary error, testimony concerning psychological states, visions, illusions, and imagination, administrative errors, false testimony, their causes, as well as women's and children's testimonies. It discusses the issue of the expert and related matters such as the medical expert, mental insanity, experts in lines and calculations, and also examines the issue of the jury, both in terms of their detached opinion, psychological states, general reputation, the structure of the jurors, military councils, and the press. Furthermore, the book pays attention to an important issue in this chapter, which is the doctrine of predestination in judgment, and discusses civil judicial errors, their causes, and consequences.