Conscience of lawyers in international criminal law : the burden of doppelgängers / Farhad Malekian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malekian, Farhad, author.

Series:

Law, Crime and Law Enforcement

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legal ethics.

International criminal courts.

Prosecution (International law)--Moral and ethical aspects.

Prosecution (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2022]

Summary:

"Empowering ethical codes is vital in all branches of law because without these codes we would be unable to differentiate between right and wrong in our personal judgments. Lawyers can either be the most precious or the most precarious parties in a criminal case, depending on the state of their conscience. In such cases, immorality replaces morality, and legal norms become pawns in a game, the goal of which is to serve the economic interests of the lawyer. The lawyer becomes a greater threat to the truth when they support the establishment of special tribunals meant to hide the truth, such as was seen in Iraq, or when they receive payment in order to cover up genocide in places such as Myanmar and in the territories of the superpowers. Such lawyers then turn around and condemn the same crimes in places such as China. They speak out against crimes against humanity carried out by the Iranian government, but do not say a single word about crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide committed by the Saudi Arabian Israeli, American, French, and British governments. Here, doppelgänger attorneys do not present the true image of justice, but rather work to convince the international public that their brutal clients are innocent. The situation is even more complicated when we are dealing with very sensitive questions of international criminal justice under various criminal procedures directed by lawyers in the ICJ, the ICC, or in ad hoc tribunals. What is the nature of integrity, impartiality, conscience, truth, and payments, and why are lawyers increasingly being sponsored and directed by outsiders? This book reveals the forbidden truth-an embarrassment and moral weakness of conscience. The reader can hardly put the book down! Every library should obtain it"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The basic principles of the profession of lawyers

Burden of reasonableness in the office of lawyers

International frame of justice within the profession of lawyers

Duty of the defence team to present the bare truth

Defending international crimes through the absence of apparent motive

Conundrums facing international criminal lawyers

Massive violation of morality by lawyers

Cross-examination of the position of lawyers

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Malekian, Farhad Conscience of Lawyers in International Criminal Law: the Burden of Doppelgängers

ISBN:

9781685074715