Ethical abuse of technicalities: a comparison of prospective and retrospective legal ethics

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Some ethicists claim that prospective legal ethics differs from retrospective legal ethics. This view holds that ethical analysis of advice to clients varies according to whether the analysis is done before or after the advised action is accomplished. Analysis of the Bronston v. US question of whether a lawyer can ethically advise a client to answer a question evasively yet not perjuriously suggests no real difference between the prospective and retrospective cases.

Comparative analysis, Legal ethics

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Non sub homine? A survey and analysis of the legal resolution of election 2000

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The legal developments and court decisions related to the 2000 presidential election, including the US Supreme Court's controversial Bush v. Gore decision, which validated the election of George W. Bush, are reviewed. Federal and State of Florida decisions on state ballot procedures are analyzed.

Florida, Cases, Elections, Presidents, Presidential elections, Contested elections

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Cyber-race

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The author analyzes race in America and proposes that a cyberspace society is a potentially positive future from the standpoint of racial justice and diversity, because cyberspace is blind to established racial categories and its existence encourages social interaction.

Social aspects, Analysis, Internet, Forecasts and trends, Technology, Social justice, Race

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