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In Search Of The Virtuous Prosecutor: A Conceptual Framework, Stanley Z. Fisher
In Search Of The Virtuous Prosecutor: A Conceptual Framework, Stanley Z. Fisher
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Questions about the scope and content of the duty to "seek justice" pervade prosecutorial work. Prosecutors are required to serve in a dual role: they are both advocates seeking conviction and "ministers of justice." Observers have complained about a tendency on the part of prosecutors to prefer the former of these "schizophrenic" obligations to the latter. This is commonly described as a tendency to behave overzealously or according to a "conviction psychology. ' "
Conflicts-Of-Interest Disqualification In Medical Malpractice Litigation, George J. Annas
Conflicts-Of-Interest Disqualification In Medical Malpractice Litigation, George J. Annas
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Less than two decades ago it was thought sufficient to say, "When a practitioner is in doubt on an ethical question, the best answer is usually No." A more recent commentator has suggested, however, that "[s]uch platitudes have become increasingly inadequate to guide the attorney facing conflicts of interests in the private practice of law." Because of the general vagueness of the American Bar Association's Model Code of Professional Responsibility, and of state codes based on it, courts have begun to fashion a vast "common law" of conflicts of interest A particularly controversial entry to this body of common law …