Basic questions on 'design' of a 'court house'

Basic questions on 'design' of a 'court house'

why is it 'public' : open entry by design/default?

why is the judge on a podium?

why the 'servant' and all the 'standing up'?
isnt it just a job which he studies for, applies for and still serves?

time : why the unaccoutability and uncontrolled - holidays?

why the acceptance of impossibility of an obsolete system with million backlogs?

the 'democratic' independent pillar has no incentive or objective to self correct itself?
nepotism - helps.