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As a lawyer, do you believe in everything that is legal is also ethical?

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Question added by Salma Fakih , Architect , -
Date Posted: 2016/02/03
Gayasuddin Mohammed
by Gayasuddin Mohammed , Advocate , Practicing Law before High Court at Hyderabad

Law itself doesn't say that everything legal is ethical. so how can I say. Jurisprudence subject will give clear picture law and morality are two different levels where as morality is the super set of law. Hope I answer my view as I support the same concepts. Thanks for the Invitation.

Athena van Heerden
by Athena van Heerden , Director / Founder / Attorney , Basic Labour (Pty) Ltd

From a legal perspective I would answer yes, but in the eyes of the general public, many legal practices may seem unethical. Lets look at rape in South African Law for example. In our country, an accused remain innocent until proven guilty. I have defended many rape offenders the general public asked me how could I do that? Do I not have a conscience? The fact is that the accused also have statutory rights such as the right to a fair trial, the right to remain innocent until proven guilty, the right to be heard and have legal counsel.

This is however country related and many countries have their own specifications as to what is regarded as ethical in a legal situation, but then there is international Laws governing it as well. 

 

I am a firm believer that the law should be followed and when one distract from that, then you divulge in unethical practices.

Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi
by Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi , Shared Services Supervisor , Saudi Musheera Co. Ltd.

Noooooooooooooo Absolutely no

by playing u can turn fact to other person

 

ACHMAD SURJANI
by ACHMAD SURJANI , General Manager Operations , Sinar Jaya Group Ltd

If ethics certainly in accordance with the law , but the law does not necessarily correspond to ethics. Examples of people stealing should be punished , but after questioning it turned out he was not capable and very hungry , he stole only to eat alone . Very unethical if he is convicted . On the contrary he was given assistance .

ameen fadhil dolan
by ameen fadhil dolan , مشاور قانوني , وزارة العدل - العراق

Thank you for invitation

 

I think the subject is relative and not absolute; all of legal rules or laws are moral , which are initiated to preserve human values which indubitably but what is culturally acceptable law or sanctions may be based on political interests, that was immoral.

hatem ahmed
by hatem ahmed , اداري بالشؤون الادارية و الموظفين , شركة جودت للمقاولات المحدوده

From a legal standpoint, and I would like to answer yes

Basically the law on ethics

Ali Fadl
by Ali Fadl , Finance Manager , Almanarat Medical CO

.....................yes, of course

saad alkani
by saad alkani , محامي ومحكم تجاري , الكاني محامون ومستشارون

Absolutely no

by playing  can turn  to other person

Luqman AlDahlawi
by Luqman AlDahlawi , CLO , Tawuniya

Generally ethics are wider than law from the eye of legislation  while law are narrower and more determinant , on the other hand the natural law has the priority over ethics  that existence playing the main factor and ethics be restricted within related small groups such as family  But between them  there is an area where both are overlaps and this area is more practical complexity than theoretical simplicity  

 

ibrahim lutfy
by ibrahim lutfy , باحث قانوني , مجموعة شركات بنك دخان

  In all the work done by human beings there is what is good and there is a moral and what is bad and immoral and it is limited to the legal profession . This short, my answer

 

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