Exploring Double Jeopardy: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Retrying Acquitted Defendants

Selecting Among Acquitted Defendants :

In a previous paper we show how social pressure, in the form of informal sanctions by outside observers, affects choices made by defendants and prosecutors, both with respect to plea offers and to decisions to proceed to trial. In that paper, we assume that the defendant's guilt or innocence is his private information, and that evidence at trial is imperfect and may result in errors in convicti...

Ethical and legal aspects of clinical trials.

Legal and ethical aspects of telemedicine.

There are many issues of concern regarding the legal and ethical aspects of telemedicine. These include the responsibilities and potential liabilities of the health professional, the duty to maintain the confidentiality and privacy of patient records, and the jurisdictional problems associated with cross-border consultations. There is also the issue of reimbursement for care provided using a te...

legal and ethical aspects of genetic consulation

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Healthy limb amputation: ethical and legal aspects.

A surgeon in Scotland has amputated the legs of two consenting, physically healthy patients. Although a handful of medical professionals believe that the desire for healthy limb amputation is symptomatic of a mental disorder that can be treated only by amputation, there is currently no consensus on what causes a person to desire such a disabling intervention. As long as there is no established ...