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Evidence

Child abuse

1987

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1. Sexual Exploitation Of Divorce Clients: The Lawyer's Prerogative, Thomas D. Lyon Jul 1987

1. Sexual Exploitation Of Divorce Clients: The Lawyer's Prerogative, Thomas D. Lyon

Thomas D. Lyon

Melvin Belli has suggested, relying on his own experience as an attorney, that sex between a lawyer and his client is the "lawyer's prerogative."  This statement stresses the power imbalance implicit in many attorney-client relationships, and implies that sexuality is up to the lawyer as the more powerful member of the dyad.  Belli's position is also characteristic of the unique perspective through  which lawyers commonly view their practice.  Many attorneys believe that as long as the lawyer performs adequately in the courtroom, his indiscriminate behavior  in the bedroom does no wrong, nor, in technical terms, breaches any fiduciary duty.

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Videotaping Children's Testimony: An Empirical View, Paula E. Hill, Samuel M. Hill Feb 1987

Videotaping Children's Testimony: An Empirical View, Paula E. Hill, Samuel M. Hill

Michigan Law Review

Increases in the number of reported incidents of child abuse and sexual molestation have resulted in more and younger children becoming courtroom participants. Some courts refuse to consider the special needs of the child in this adversarial environment. Relying on questionable precedent, these courts hold that the defendant's right to directly confront the child, as well as strict compliance with evidentiary rules, overrides that child's interest in freedom from embarrassment or psychological trauma. This Note focuses on pressures felt by the testifying child and the ways in which these pressures affect her testimony; it then proposes using videotaped testimony as …

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