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Law, Ethics, and Anticorruption
Vincent R. Johnson Fulbright Scholar From St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas, USA At the University of Mandalay, Burma Presentation at the Fulbright Malaysia Conference March 15, 2018
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Proposed Project: Law, Ethics, & Anticorruption
Part I: The Demands of the Rule of Law Part II: The Importance of Judicial Independence Part III: Ethical Regulation of Lawyers and Judges Part IV: Ethics in Government Standards of Conduct for Public Officials and Employees Regulation of Lobbyists Part V: Corruption in Education Part VI: The Media and Criticism of Public Actors
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The Course That Was Needed: Comparative Law
Part I: The Demands of the Rule of Law Part II: The Importance of Judicial Independence Part III: Ethical Regulation of Lawyers and Judges Part IV: Ethics in Government Standards of Conduct for Public Officials and Employees Regulation of Lobbyists Part V: Corruption in Education Part VI: The Media and Criticism of Public Actors
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Ethics in Public Life: Theory
Impropriety and the appearance of impropriety Prohibitions and disclosure requirements Ethics education and ethics enforcement
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Ethics in Public Life: History
The French courts during the Reign of Terror The Chinese legal system during the cultural revolution
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Ethics in Public Life: Today
Cronyism in South Africa Corrupt police departments in Mexico Banking crisis in Iran Chinese tort law US Foreign Surveillance Court
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The Roots of Poland’s Defiance of the European Union New York Times , 12/25/17
“Poles demonstrated with Polish and European Union flags and copies of the Constitution in front of the presidential palace in Warsaw last month to protest the new judicial laws.” Photo Credit Janek Skarzynski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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Judicial Selection in the United States
Some judges are elected In partisan elections or nonpartisan elections Some judges are appointed Either through a political process or a “merit-based” process
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Student Presentations
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Members of Parliament in Naypyidaw, Burma
Programs sponsored by the US-funded National Democracy Institute The Demands of the Rule of Law The Importance of Judicial Independence The Basics of International Trade Law
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Parliament Building
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Members of Parliament
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Law, Ethics, and Anticorruption
Vincent R. Johnson Fulbright Scholar From St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas, USA At the University of Mandalay, Burma Presentation at the Fulbright Malaysia Conference March 15, 2018
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