Ethics are a set of principles that set standards on how behavior is to be conducted. Ethics help to make decisions on what is right and wrong. Each career would be said to have its own set of ethics. Everyone is influenced by different sets of ethics. People tend to draw their personal ethics from a variety of sources such as work, life experiences, religious beliefs, family, friends and even the teachings of philosophers or ethics courses. Judiciary ethics are important to understand because judges make determinations on cases in the legal system as well as interpret laws through judicial review. Judges also have the ability to take the rights of a person away. Ethics govern their behavior and to some extent their decisions. To truly understand
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Article III of the Constitution of the United States established the need for a Supreme Court and also established the federal jurisdiction (History of the Federal Judiciary). The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, and District Courts (History of the Federal Judiciary). As the United States got larger so did the amount of judges needed to sit for the ever-expanding court system. Eventually the court system was expanded to ninety-four District Trial Courts, thirteen Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court (Court Role and Structure). The ninety-four Federal District Courts are organized into twelve Regional Circuits and each of those is organized below twelve of the Courts of Appeals (Court Role and Structure). The ethics for judges and lawyers is to have the same general purpose (Payant, 1995). The purpose of these ethics is to ensure that both the personal and professional activities of judges and lawyers ensure that there is an achievement of justice in legal proceedings (Payant, 1995). It is important to understand the ethics of lawyers because often judges obtain their first instruction on ethics when they are lawyers or going through school to become …show more content…
They are also not to express personal animosity towards the opposition (National Prosecution Standard). Chief prosecutors are to participate in training and educational programs to ensure they are knowledgeable about current laws and rulings (National Prosecution Standard). Prosecutors are given immunity from civil liability while acting within the scope of their practice. Defense Attorney The counterpart of the prosecutor is the defense attorney. Defense attorneys can be privately retained by defendants or be appointed by the court (Mays & Woods, 2017). Defense attorneys are to ensure the rights of the defendant are not violated during the trial process (Mays & Woods, 2017). Defense attorneys are officers of the court and can sometimes play the role of mediatory-negotiator in a plea bargain process (Mays & Woods, 2017). The United States Constitution grants its people the right to counsel in the sixth amendment for criminal cases. Initially the sixth amendment only applied to federal cases but through a series of United States Supreme Court rulings on cases this right to an attorney was extended to state court cases. It was decided that the sixth amendment guaranteed the right to effective counsel in all cases where the possibility of incarceration exists (Mays &
Article III of the Constitution of the United States established the need for a Supreme Court and also established the federal jurisdiction (History of the Federal Judiciary). The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, and District Courts (History of the Federal Judiciary). As the United States got larger so did the amount of judges needed to sit for the ever-expanding court system. Eventually the court system was expanded to ninety-four District Trial Courts, thirteen Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court (Court Role and Structure). The ninety-four Federal District Courts are organized into twelve Regional Circuits and each of those is organized below twelve of the Courts of Appeals (Court Role and Structure). The ethics for judges and lawyers is to have the same general purpose (Payant, 1995). The purpose of these ethics is to ensure that both the personal and professional activities of judges and lawyers ensure that there is an achievement of justice in legal proceedings (Payant, 1995). It is important to understand the ethics of lawyers because often judges obtain their first instruction on ethics when they are lawyers or going through school to become …show more content…
They are also not to express personal animosity towards the opposition (National Prosecution Standard). Chief prosecutors are to participate in training and educational programs to ensure they are knowledgeable about current laws and rulings (National Prosecution Standard). Prosecutors are given immunity from civil liability while acting within the scope of their practice. Defense Attorney The counterpart of the prosecutor is the defense attorney. Defense attorneys can be privately retained by defendants or be appointed by the court (Mays & Woods, 2017). Defense attorneys are to ensure the rights of the defendant are not violated during the trial process (Mays & Woods, 2017). Defense attorneys are officers of the court and can sometimes play the role of mediatory-negotiator in a plea bargain process (Mays & Woods, 2017). The United States Constitution grants its people the right to counsel in the sixth amendment for criminal cases. Initially the sixth amendment only applied to federal cases but through a series of United States Supreme Court rulings on cases this right to an attorney was extended to state court cases. It was decided that the sixth amendment guaranteed the right to effective counsel in all cases where the possibility of incarceration exists (Mays &