The secret in the judgment mistake by F. Gillerma, translation by Mahmoud Deif and Muhammad Masoud

"The secret in the mistake of the judiciary" is a book by its author F. Gillerme, lawyer, before the Court of Appeal in Paris, in which the author sensitively examines the flaws of the judiciary as a skilled doctor feels the patient's body to diagnose the disease and prescribes 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 strongest foundation; where the noble goal aimed at, 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 rightfully and often unjustly. 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 error and correctness, and also defining judicial mistake. The book also discusses the qualities required in the 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. It also addresses the issue of testimony and related involuntary error, testimony in terms of psychological states, visions, illusions, and imagination, administrative error and false testimony, as well as their causes, and the testimony of women and children. The book discusses the issue of the (expert) and related matters such as (medical expert), mental insanity, experts in lines and calculations, and also examines the issue of (the public) in terms of their mere opinion, psychological states, general fame, the jury structure, military councils, and the press. Additionally, the book pays attention to an important issue in this chapter, which is the (doctrine of predestination in judgment), judicial mistakes in civil law, their causes, and consequences.