PRINCIPLE OF JUDGE IMPARTIALITY: CONFLICT WITH HUMAN MENTAL PROCESSES

Abstract

The research aims to analyze the relationship between cognitive psychology and judicial decisions, wondering the impartiality and neutrality of the judge exist when analyzing evidence and taking decisions. The work dealt with human mental cognitive processes and their importance in daily activities, as well as explain theories that contributed greatly to unveiling the development of human knowledge and how they form their actions. The emphasis of the work lies in the conflict between the mental functions (sensation, perception, thought, language, emotions, and memories) and the essentiality of the impartiality of the judge in the stage of instruction and procedural judgment. The reflection was made that human neutrality in a judicial decision is not possible and that impartiality exists in different proportions, enhancing the idea of a just sentence through an instructor judge and a judging judge.

Keywords

• decisão, princípio da imparcialidade, processos cognitivos, provas, psicologia cognitiva.