Articles on ethics in the criminal justice and legal systems
- Maternal vs. Fetal Rights
Should pregnant women who refuse medical advice, thereby endangering their future children, be detained in hospitals and forced to follow doctor's orders?
But human rights advocates and civil libertarians continue to decry the immorality of state-sanctioned killing in the U.S. Is capital punishment moral?
The O.J. Simpson trial brought to the forefront ethical questions about race, economics, whistle blowing, and media responsibility.
In a media-saturated society, jurors who know nothing about high-profile cases may be jurors who know nothing.
Law students reflect on the principles they intend to follow in their professional lives.
- A child's right to have stable relationships must be central to custody decisions.
A look at the ethical issues raised whenever the state is asked to take part in determining custody battles over children. A child's right to have stable relationships must be central to custody decisions.
San Jose Independent Police Auditor outlines proposals for greater transparency around complaints against police and argues for an end to grand juries.
Santa Clara County DA explains the duties of prosecutors in the light of police shootings of unarmed African-Americans.
A review of common law privacy protection, the Constitutional right to privacy, and privacy legislation
Lawyers belong to a profession permanently in decline. Or so it appears from the chronic laments by critics within and outside the bar. If ever there was a true fall from grace it must have occurred quite early in the profession's history, since similar comments have been traced for centuries.