Canon law

fulfill the act of confidentiality to the client in which he cannot confer business affairs to other authorities (NSPE code of ethics section II 1c). Also the engineer should hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public as stated by (ASCE Canon 1a). The engineer considers loyalty to the client, which is explained in the NSPE code of ethics section III 4. “Engineers shall not disclose confidential information concerning the business affairs or technical processes of any present or…

1. The guidance the ABA Canons gives to Mr. Tucker is that he must maintain his honor and integrity of his profession. Mr. Tucker must defend Tony even if he believes he is guilty. Even though Tony is guilty he must at all costs attempt to keep out any reliable evidence which would help the court to find out the truth. 2. Freedman would not agree with Mr. Tucker’s decision. Freedman would argue that Mr. Tucker should be permitted to tell the court information about Tony that would make him…

principle cause of unjust occidental laws is the ingenuousness of the legislator. As it was mentioned in the previous section, Christian lawyers tend towards divinizing law. If in some cases the public is angered due to an unjust verdict, those lawyers would say that the public is not aware of the complexity and intricacy of law. Laws are there for humans, and not the other way around; if this already applies to divine law, how much more should it apply to human law? If the public is angered,…

In Ancient Mesopotamia, the concept of law was governed by what is known as the Law Code of Hammurabi. This code was established by Hammurabi of Babylon, after taking control of most of Mesopotamia circa 1792-1750 BCE. This law can best be described by its main principle of “Lex Talionis”, a legal principle of having the punishment fit the crime. It was believed that prior to its introduction, Babylon suffered from disorder and chaos. Its people were governed by little more than their rulers…

Ethical Dilemmas of Defense Attorneys Defense attorneys have to face the ethical dilemma every day of whether or not to defend their client as well as whether or not to maintain that lawyer-client privilege. The lawyer-client privilege provides a security blanket for the client. Under this privilege, the client can almost tell the lawyer just about anything in confidence and not have to worry about the possible fear of being judged or incriminating themselves. A defense attorney serves as a…

The First Amendment provides that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. U.S. Const. amend. I. Exemptions may be altered or repealed except those exempting real or personal property used exclusively for religious, educational or charitable purposes as defined by law and owned by any corporation or association organized exclusively for one or more of such purposes and not operating for profit. N.Y. Const. art. XVI. § I. In…

proceedings. According to the codes of conduct that judges abide by, such an act is unethical. On the same issue, it is notable that a judge who shuts the court down with the intention of preventing a defendant from filing a plea is in violation of both the law and ethical standards. In such an incidence, the judge would be obstructing justice as well as failing to uphold the impartiality requirement of all judicial proceedings. Other than being impartial, the judicial proceedings should be…

case, gave Brock Turner a 6-month sentence instead of 6 years in a rape case. Many felt that Judge Persky was being too leniency and may have been biased because he and the perpetrator went to Standard. Even though Judge Persky didn’t violate any laws by his ruling, however he may have overused his discretion, where there aren’t any clear instructions on how to make a decision on a case, so one may have to use their discretion. Issues dealing with the…

disregarded the objective for violations of the right since the statues were not required. Legal pluralism According to Tamanaha, legal pluralism is a situation where “different bodies of law … operate or overlap within the same social field.” There’s ways to better understand the system of legal pluralism:  Law characteristically claims to rule whatever it addresses, but the fact of legal pluralism challenges this claim.”  From the standpoint of a legal authority trying to consolidate…

The term illegitimacy is derived from the Latin term ‘illegitimus’ which means not in accordance with law . An illegitimate child is one which is born outside of sanction of marriage. Although, illegitimacy is a universal phenomenon the societies enforce strict rules pertaining to regulation of coition between different sexes and procreation of children. Although, the laws pertaining to marriage are different in various societies but the disapproval of illegitimate children is almost unanimous.…