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2007-10-05 |
AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J. |
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| The Court has consistently held that one who accepts the exalted position of a judge owes the public and the court the ability to be proficient in the law and the duty to maintain professional competence at all times. When a judge displays an utter lack of familiarity with the rules, he erodes the confidence of the public in the courts.[70] Judges must be acquainted not only with legal norms and precepts, but with procedural rules as well. They must be conversant with elementary rules of procedure as well as settled authoritative doctrines.[71] They should strive for excellence surpassed only by their passion for truth, to the end that they be the personification of justice and the Rule of Law.[72] | |||||