Which Supreme Court Justice did not recuse himself from Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, despite having said publicly that giving due-process rights to detainees in Guantanamo was “crazy.” Antonin Scalia.

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Under this doctrine, a lawyer’s notes, observations, thoughts and research are protected from discovery processes. The attorney-client privilege only protects the essence of the communications actually had by the client and lawyer and only extends to information given for the purpose of obtaining legal representation..

In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006), the Supreme Court ruled that the Bush administration’s use of military commissions to try terrorist suspects violated the U.S. Code of Military Justice and Geneva Conventions, and were not specifically authorized by any act of Congress.

Which of the following is cited in the text as being more influential to juries than exculpatory DNA evidence? Believing one’s original theory of the case despite evidence to the contrary is called: belief perseverance. a loose affiliation of lawyers who identify cases where a prisoner may be innocent.

What is the best course of action for a judge who wants to support a political candidate? Refrain from engaging in politics. What is the governing body which provides the code of conduct for correctional agencies?

legal paternalism. The ethical system that justifies passing a law for the purpose of protecting people from harm is: legal moralism.

Morally wrong acts are activities such as murder, theft, rape, lying, and breaking promises. Other descriptions would be that they are morally prohibited, morally impermissible, acts one ought not to do, and acts one has a duty to refrain from doing. Morally right acts are activities that are allowed.

‘Unethical’ defines as something that is morally wrong, whilst something being ‘illegal’ means it is against the law. An unethical deed may be against morality but not against the law. An illegal deed is always unethical while an unethical action may or may not be illegal.

Unethical Behavior Among Individuals Lying to your spouse about how much money you spent. Lying to your parents about where you were for the evening. Stealing money from the petty cash drawer at work. Lying on your resume in order to get a job.

Ethics and Law: There is a strong relationship present between ethics and law. Sometimes they overlap each other and sometimes enforce together. Both ethics and law set ideal standards to overcome social issues in the form of principles and actions respectively.

Legal standards are based on written law, while ethical standards are based on human rights and wrongs. Something can be legal but not ethical. Legal standards are written by government officials, while ethical standards are written by societal norms.

“The law sets minimum standards of behaviour while ethics sets maximum standards.” Ethics provides us with guides on what is the right thing to do in all aspects of life, while the law generally provides more specific rules so that societies and their institutions can be maintained.

Ethics are principles and values, which together with rules of conduct and laws, regulate a profession, such as the legal profession. They act as an important guide to ensure right and proper conduct in the daily practise of the law. Areas covered by ethical standards include: Human rights and access to justice.

There is a framework of ethics underlying our lives on a daily basis, helping us make decisions that create positive impacts and steering us away from unjust outcomes. Ethics guides us to make the world a better place through the choices we make. Ethics in business is just as important as ethics in personal life.

There are mistakes, inevitably, and the human tendency to deny them or cover them up, which makes change very difficult. Moral sensitivity is reduced. Ethical problems are not apparent, as they are often masked under technical considerations, which are the dominant force.

The most difficult part of making decisions isn’t figuring out the right answer; it’s having the courage to actually act on that knowledge, according to a study presented at this month’s annual meeting of the Academy of Management.

The subject matter itself isn’t difficult, there’s just a lot of thinking involved to figure out the arguments being made. The point in the class I’m taking is to be able to make an argument, and back it up, using different elements of the different philosophies studied.