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All very interesting but I'm not sure whether this is fully germane to the abuse of judges. Somehow I suspect this is more random and personal than may be suggested below.

In other words it's not necessarily the outcome of long held political or social grievances, but rather an instant response to a judgment that is perceived to be unfair. Most abuse surely comes from litigants. Most litigants are concerned primarily with their own cases be their plaintiff or defendant (or whatever they're called now). And more likely than not they are litigants in person. And while I'm certainly not accusing all this vast category, they are perhaps more likely to be an aggrieved father in a custody case than some avid reader of the Daily Mail.

So there is the issue of anger management in an age where we are continually advised to express ourselves and not keep feelings bottled up. There is also the issue of availability of legal aid. And in the example I cite perhaps the whole way matrimonial matters are handled. It's improving but this is one branch of our practices where the adversarial approach does not work and can indeed be highly dangerous.