French experience in the regulation of ethical issues for magistrates when acting in their administrative capacity and interacting with public authorities

In the course of administering justice the judges are guided by specific ethical principles. The effect of those principles is as well applied to the judges exercising administrative functions and interaction with public authorities. The author contemplates international experience in the field of regulation of the above-mentioned ethical aspects based on the example of the French Republic. The relevant provisions are summarized in the Compendium of the Judiciary's Ethical Obligations - a consolidated act adopted by the supreme body of the professional community. Besides, three particular chapters from the Appendix to the Compendium, i.e. “Management”, “The Magistrate in Interaction with the Judiciary” and “The Magistrate and Local Government”. In conclusion, the author indicates that the magistrate’s professional ethics should be based, in the first place, on the solicitousness about impartiality and quality of delivering justice, which it is actually based upon.