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11.02.2004
AAMFT Code of Ethics
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
The AAMFT strives to honor the public trust in marriage and family therapists by setting standards for ethical practice as described in this Code. The ethical standards define professional expectations and are enforced by the AAMFT Ethics Committee. The absence of an explicit reference to a specific behavior or situation in the Code does not mean that the behavior is ethical or unethical. The standards are not exhaustive. Marriage and family therapists who are uncertain about the ethics of a particular course of action are encouraged to seek counsel from consultants, attorneys, supervisors, colleagues, or other appropriate authorities.
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06.04.2005
American Legal Ethics Library
Cornell Universty Law School Legal Information Institute
This digital library contains both the codes or rules setting standards for the professional conduct of lawyers and commentary on the law governing lawyers, organized on a state by state basis...Major law firms and legal academics, working on a pro bono basis, are contributing narratives on the law of lawyering of their states. As of Jan. 2003 the library includes narratives from 18 jurisdictions, including most of those with the largest lawyer populations. It also includes the codes of professional responsibility for those jurisdictions, numerous other states, and the European Community. There are several additional states for which narratives are in progress. More jurisdictions will be added as they are completed.
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04.03.2007
Basic Rules on the Duties of Practicing Attorneys (Japan)
Japan Federation Of Bar Associations
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18.02.2004
Ethical Guidelines For Mediators
The Association of Attorney-Mediators
These Ethical Guidelines are intended to promote public confidence in the mediation process and to be a general guide for mediator conduct. They are not intended to be disciplinary rules or a code of conduct. Mediators should be responsible to the parties, the courts and the public, and should conduct themselves accordingly. These Ethical Guidelines are intended to apply to mediators conducting mediations in connection with all civil, criminal, administrative and appellate matters, whether the mediation is pre-suit or court-annexed and whether the mediation is court-ordered or voluntary.
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18.02.2004
Standards of Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Certified Mediators
Adopted by the Judicial Council of Virginia, June 2002
The Commonwealth of Virginia permits the referral of civil disputes pending in court to mediators certified pursuant to Guidelines adopted by the Judicial Council of Virginia. The referral of cases from the court system to mediation places an important responsibility upon persons who serve as mediators. Mediators shall conduct themselves in a manner that will instill confidence in the mediation process, confidence in the integrity and competence of mediators, and confidence that the disputes entrusted to mediators are handled in accordance with the highest ethical standards.
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16.11.2004
Standards of Judicial Conduct – Ethical Aspects (PDF)
Dr.Willi Fuhrmann
A cornerstone of a constitutional state and a society governed by the rule of law is the separation of powers as postulated by the philosophers Charles de Montesquieu and Immanuel Kant. The assignment of the three main duties of the state authority –
i.e. legislature, executive and judiciary – to three different independent from each other organs of the state is an essential in democratic societies. This principle especially regarding the judiciary is also enshrined in Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights in which you can read that everyone in the
determination of his civil rights and obligations or of any criminal charge against him is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal established by law.
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11.02.2004
The 2004 Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice of the NAR
National Association of Realtors (USA)
Under all is the land. Upon its wise utilization and widely allocated ownership depend the survival and growth of free institutions and of our civilization. REALTORS® should recognize that the interests of the nation and its citizens require the highest and best use of the land and the widest distribution of land ownership. They require the creation of adequate housing, the building of functioning cities, the development of productive industries and farms, and the preservation of a healthful environment.
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21.02.2007
The Hong Kong Solicitors' Guide To Professional Conduct
Law Society of Hong Kong
INTRODUCTION: It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the second edition of The Hong Kong Solicitors' Guide to Professional Conduct. I am sure you will agree that since the Guide was first published in 1995, it has proved most helpful for practising solicitors and foreign lawyers, their staff and students. It has also been of interest to clients and members of the public. The members of the Guide Working Party have met regularly throughout 1996 and 1997 to conduct a thorough and intensive review of the operation of Volume 1 of the Guide. Many of the changes arise from subsequent amendments to the Legal Practitioners Ordinance and subsidiary legislation, and reference to and inclusion of subsequent Circulars issued by the Society. However, I would like to draw your attention to the major revisions: (see...http://www.hklawsoc.org.hk/pub_e/professionalguide/introduction.asp) (Main page in English: http://www.hklawsoc.org.hk/pub_e/default.asp)
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16.11.2004
The Italian Experience in the Fields of Judicial Ethics and Judicial Discipline (PDF)
Dr. Giacomo Oberto
Table of contents: (a) Sources and Definition of Judicial Ethics and Judicial Discipline. - 1. World Organisations Adopt Principles on Judicial Ethics. - 2. Judicial Ethics vs. Judicial Discipline: a Real Dispute? - 3. Historical Background of Judicial Ethics and Judicial Discipline in Italy. - 4. References to Judicial Ethics and Judicial Discipline in the Italian Constitution. The Main Sources on Judicial Ethics and Judicial Discipline in Italy: Act (regio decreto legislativo)
Nr. 511, 31 May 1946 and its Guidelines. - (b) Duties of Judges and Disciplinary Offences in the Italian Legal System. - 5. Ethical Rules Drafted by Case Law of the Disciplinary Division of the High Judicial Council (Sezione Disciplinare del Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura). Judge’s Conduct inside the Courtroom. Case Descriptions. - 6. Judge’s Conduct outside the Courtroom. Case Descriptions. Disciplinary Liability and Criminal Liability. - 7. Government Bills about a Statute that Specifies Different Violations. - 8. The “Ethical Code” Adopted by the Italian Association of Judges. - (c) Disciplinary Sanctions and Disciplinary proceedings. - 9. The Disciplinary Sanctions Provided for by Articles 19, 20 and 21, Act Nr. 511, 31 May 1946. Judge’s Transfer according to Article 2 of the same Act. - 10. Procedural Rules on Disciplinary Proceedings: Who Can Start Disciplinary Proceedings against a Judge; Proceedings before the Disciplinary
Division of the High Judicial Council (Sezione Disciplinare del Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura); Appeal before the Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione). - (d) Conclusions.
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16.11.2004
Transparency and Public Confidence in the Judicial System and its importance in a democratic society and the role of Media (PDF)
Dr. Willi Fuhrmann
During my missions in the so-called “New Democracies” working as international expert on several projects for the reform of the judiciary I often heard people telling me: “Judiciary? Courts? Forget it! The judges are lazy, corrupt and puppets on the
string of the prosecutors. You can hardly get a judgment and if so you will anyway never get your money because the enforcement procedure does not work sufficiently”. To have such a low opinion on the judiciary is a dangerous signal in a society which must alert the responsible to steer against that negativism, bearing in mind that the judiciary is the one powers of the state authority which on a daily basis is in contact with the citizens and forms in its performance the impression of ordinary people
about the effectiveness of the rule of law in their country.
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