party Y and party X is well aware with some information on the goods in which party Y has no knowledge at all. The information on the goods may contain certain material facts in this situation in which it will either alter or trigger the final decision of party Y to either proceed with the contract or not. Does party X has the duty to disclose the material facts to party Y? To what extent and in what circumstances must party X disclose such information? Unlike many other legal systems‚ the English
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The Ethical Duties of Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys The adversarial system does not produce justice and truth and is incapable of producing both of them equally. The prosecutor and the defense attorney are two important parts of the adversarial system‚ but they have opposite roles in what they do in the court room. These two roles play a significant part in why there is this imbalance of justice and truth in the court room. The prosecutor is an important part of the party that seeks justice
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The Role of the Prosecutor All serious criminal cases require the participation of three individuals: the judge‚ counsel for the prosecution‚ and counsel for the accused. If any one of these are absent from the procedure‚ Athe criminal justice system is incomplete@ (Congress). The prosecutor stands at a critical stage in the criminal justice system as well as playing a critical role before‚ during and after the trial. They serve many functions throughout the criminal process. Some of which are investigating
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To Disclose or To Not Disclose: Nursing and the Ethics of Nondisclosure in the Dying Patient Kally L. Price Samuel Merritt University Abstract In nursing‚ the practice of nondisclosure is an ethical issue that calls into question the founding principles of trust‚ integrity‚ and autonomy in the nurse-patient relationship. Although the decision of nondisclosure to the terminal patient is the physician’s‚ the nurse must follow and support this decision. The right of the patient to have control
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The position of the prosecutor is powerful through the broad discretion the office holds. “The local prosecutor has been called the single most powerful figure in the administration of criminal justice” (Goelzhauser‚ 2013). Therefore‚ it would be unethical to destroy evidence of a defendant’s guilt. The main duty of a prosecutor is to see justice being achieved and the destruction of evidence goes directly against the pursuit of justice and public safety. The use of improper prosecutorial methods
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Role of the Public Prosecutor in the Criminal Justice System In independent India‚ it goes without saying that the criminal justice system (hereafter CJS) must function within the framework of the principles enunciated by the Constitution. Broadly speaking‚ these are as follows : The guarantee of equality before the law Equal protection of the laws Prohibition of discrimination imposed upon the State Deprivation of life / personal liberty only in accordance with procedure established
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The Duty to Furnish Information Under the National Labor Relations Act American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law CLE Conference Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania November 7-10‚ 2007 Jeffrey I. Pasek Charles J. Kawas Cozen O’Connor 1900 Market Street Philadelphia‚ PA 19103 (215) 665-2000 I. INTRODUCTION II. THE GENERAL DUTY TO FURNISH INFORMATION A. B. Creation of the Duty 1. Union Must be the Bargaining Party 2. The Nature of the Union’s Request for Information The Information Requested
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domain of prosecutors has been extended to provide greater authority. An example of domain expansion of the prosecutors is improving police-prosecutors relationships. Truthfully‚ police officers and prosecutors are looked at as the bad guys in the eyes of the public. They are both to serve justice‚ even though they have different perspectives on the law. For example‚ the police officers consider a case to be closed when the suspect is arrest‚ but the prosecutor needs obtain more information and evidence
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people who said that O.J Simpson was going to be declared guilty and yet he was acquitted. O.J Simpson was an African American male who was acquitted. That doesn’t happen too often. The judge allowed exculpatory evidence in Simpson’s case which was the reason for Simpson’s acquittal. If exculpatory evidence got an African American male acquitted‚ then Olsen at least had a chance to get acquitted. By not allowing the evidence the judge took away any chance that Olsen might have had. The United
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1 THE ROLE AND INDEPENDENCE OF PROSECUTORS Paul Mageean‚ Belfast‚ Northern Ireland 17th May 2005‚ Cairo. I. INTRODUCTION I would like firstly to thank the organisers of this event for the invitation to speak to you today. I would also like to acknowledge the role of Professor John Jackson from the School of Law in Queens University Belfast. The international sections of this paper draw on his work. I should also like to make clear that I am speaking in my personal capacity today. This paper
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