When it comes to the profession of a judge, what first comes into peoples minds is their high status in society, their power, secure employment and of course: the good salary as well as what is called the judicial independence. While this may be true, this one-sided perception fails to grasp the importance and far-reaching implications of judicial decisions - not only for the parties involved in the legal dispute, but even more for the whole of society: Judgments do in fact mould the legal opinion and reshape legal frameworks.