Category: Law
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My Own Private Pinta: Private Versus Public Punishment
Read more: My Own Private Pinta: Private Versus Public PunishmentPrivate prisons in the United States extend back to the American Revolution, when Great Britain used moored merchant ships as holds for revolutionary prisoners. Subcontracting of certain services within the prison, such as food and medical service, vocational training, and transportation, has always been a component of prison economics. It was not until the 1980s,…
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The Interplay of In-house Paralegals, Legal Work and Ethics
Read more: The Interplay of In-house Paralegals, Legal Work and EthicsBecause paralegals are unlicensed and therefore, in contrast to licensed attorneys, are not generally subject to professional sanction by an oversight body, it can be said that paralegal ethics are largely derivative from the enforceable ethics which govern attorneys. That is not to say that there are no consequences for paralegals who breach ethical standards;…