a food for thought this lenten season...

"Rivers do not drink water they carry; Trees do not eat the fruit they bear; Clouds do not bath in the rain they produce; We are meant to give, even if we get nothing from it. Measuring life by what others do may disappoint us; but, measuring life by what we do will make life meaningful." 

EARTH HOUR 2012

Let us support EARTH HOUR 2012 by putting-off our electric lights/electric power at 8:30 till 9:30 tonight  March 31, 2012 to show our concern about global warming... AN HOUR OF DARKNESS IS SURELY A GREAT RELIEF TO MOTHER EARTH..

Judicial Conduct

Impartiality is essential to the proper discharge of the judicial office. It applies not only to the decision itself but also to the process by which the decision is made.

Judges do not, and are not allowed, to issue legal opinions. Their opinions are always in the context of judicial decisions and always in the context of contested proceedings.

Lawyers are oath-bound servants of society whose conduct is clearly circumscribed by inflexible norms of law and ethics, and whose primary duty is the advancement of the quest for truth and justice, for which they have sworn to be fearless crusaders.

Quantum Meruit

A lawyer is entitled to compensation as an agent of his client even if no evidence of an agreement that the client will pay his counsel a specific amount or percentage of amount for the legal services rendered. The principle of quantum meruit applies if lawyers are employed without a price agreed upon for their services, in which case they would be entitled to receive what they merit for their services, or as much as they have earned.

Right to be presumed innocent

The presumption of innocence stands as the fundamental principle of both constitutional and criminal law. The prosecution has the burden of proving every single fact establishing guilt. Every vestige of doubt having a rational basis must be removed. Thus, the prosecution must prove its case beyond any hint of uncertainty. The defense need not even speak at all. The presumption of innocence is more than sufficient.