THE COUNSELLOR AND THE LAW The law would seem to affect the counsellor predominantly over issues of confidentiality which cause ethical dilemmas in a variety of areas. It would seem the counsellor tends to end up torn between their responsibility towards their clients and the law or doctors/other health officials/organisations and society in general. The counsellor must weigh up client confidentiality against that of public interest and the guidelines of what is or is not in the public interest
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Law and Morality Sir John Salmond described the law as ‘the body of principles recognised and applied by the state in the administration of justice’. They are a set of rules and boundaries that are established by authorities which must be obeyed‚ otherwise‚ a sanction may be given. Morals are beliefs‚ values and principles that are set by society or part of a society‚ determining what is right and wrong. Phil Harris stated that they are “standards of behaviour”. Unlike legal rules‚ compliance with
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Federal laws Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII prohibits discrimination because of race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ and national original. Title VII applies to all private employers‚ state and local governments‚ and education institutions that employ 15 or more individuals. Rehabilitation Act of 1973. This law essentially applies the standards of Title VII to the federal government as an employer. Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The Fair Pay Act changes when the statute of limitations
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MEGAN’S LAW PROTECT THE CHILDREN OR THE PEDOPHILES Megan Kanka was an innocent little girl‚ someone’s daughter‚ sister‚ and best friend. The defendant‚ Jesse Timmendequas‚ changed all of that. He changed it brutally‚ savagely‚ and permanently. In a few moments of unspeakable horror‚ the defendant destroyed all of Megan’s dreams‚ all of that joy‚ all that hope‚ all that promise. In those few moments‚ he destroyed Megan Kanka’s life. She would never live to see her wedding day‚ never have
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Relevance of Sociology for the study of Law. If societies are based upon agreed upon laws‚ then they are very much interrelated subjects. They are symbiotic‚ interwoven‚ interconnected. When someone commits a crime against another person or their property‚ they will have to face the consequences in a court of law. Or reduce it to a smaller group such as a tribe. Even amongst members of a tribe‚ there are laws that may only be verbal‚ or perhaps not even as formal as that. They are followed because
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infringed”(Nisbet 12). This simple sentence of the Second Amendment has brought many different ideas into America about firearm laws. Our founding fathers wrote this in the Bill of Rights under the Constitution. This Second Amendment allows for citizens of the United States to bear‚ obtain‚ or own‚ firearms such as handguns and/or long guns‚ at least that is what most Americans believe. Gun laws are scrutinized‚ then passed or rejected; this has been happening for decades. When it comes to firearms‚ America
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OHM’S LAW INTRODUCTION Ohm’s law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the potential difference or voltage across the two points‚ and inversely proportional to the resistance between them provided the temperature remains constant. The mathematical equation that describes this relationship is: where V is the potential difference measured across the resistance in units of volts; I is the current through the resistance in units of amperes and
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This judgment is subject to final editorial corrections approved by the court and/or redaction pursuant to the publisher’s duty in compliance with the law‚ for publication in LawNet and/or the Singapore Law Reports. BNJ (suing by her lawful father and litigation representative‚ B) v SMRT Trains Ltd and another [2013] SGHC 286 High Court — Suit No 432 of 2011 Vinodh Coomaraswamy JC (as he then was) 29–31 October 2012; 1–2‚ 5–9‚ 19–20 November 2012; 11 March 2013 Tort — Negligence — Breach
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In Malaysia‚ our contract law is basically governed and enforced by the Contract Act 1950. The remedy of specific performance presupposes the existence of a valid contract between the parties to the controversy. The terms of the contract must be definite and certain. This is significant because equity cannot be expected to enforce either an invalid contract or one that is so vague in its terms that equity cannot determine exactly what it must order each party to perform. It would be unjust for a
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from the High Court decision in Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd v The Dredge “Willemstad” (1976). Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd v The Dredge “Wilemstad” (1976) and Perre & Ors v Apand Pty Ltd (1999) has been important cases in the history of Tort Law. Negligence is a complex term including advertent and inadvertent acts and omissions where there has been a failure to take reasonable care to prevent loss‚ damage or injury to others whom they could reasonably have foreseen might have been injured
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