The Aberjona River was actually well known to have been contaminated since the mid to late 1800s, well into the 1980s with many tanneries and chemical plants. Even in the late 1890's reports from the State Board of Health documented death from cholera and typhoid from drinking water supplies contaminated with wastes from the tanneries. Hard to believe that the town used well water from near that river. The wells were closed, but after children died, and before the lawsuit.
This film is essentially about Massachusetts pre-trial procedure. To my knowledge some American professors have built the whole dispute resolution course on the legal manoeuvrings of this case.
About Causation
The essential substantive problem with this case is causation. The rule for causation is that, a plaintiff cannot succeed unless she shows as a matter of fact that she would not have suffered the loss “but for” the negligent act or acts of the defendant.It's much more difficult than it seems to be because the test is not always about facts and the court is not always doing what it claims to do.
If taking together, plural defendants past the “but for” test and caused the accident, but the plaintiff is unable to show that any one of the possible tortfeasors in fact was the necessary or “but for” cause of her injury, then a plaintiff may succeed by showing that the defendant’s conduct materially contributed to risk of the plaintiff’s injury. But the concept of material contribution is not illustrated clearly. In this case exists an indivisible liability that causes leukaemia.
About Role Morality
I've wondered for long whether should counsel’s own moral perspective impact on the professional decision-making. If the answer is yes, how can an individual’s operative moral perspective be articulated to another person, especially in the context of a relationship founded on the pursuit of that other person’s, which is the client’s objectives?
It’s part of a counsel’s job to consider the options available, research the law and advise the client of the feasibility of their claim and the chance of success. The significance of being a counsel is to commit yourself to facilitate your client, take the client’s instructions and to resolve client’s disputes with honest and full competence. But sometimes reflecting on my factum from the perspective of an outsider I sensed subtle moral condemnation for myself. Do I believe my arguments without any shadow of doubt? Did I go in for rhetoric, make conceptual shifts and manipulate the law for the benefit of my client? Am I misrepresenting the facts, misleading the court and acting in contravention of the rules of professional conduct?
We turn the messy facts of human interaction into legal terms and shape the way disputes are understood and portrayed. Disputes are social constructs with various complexity. We have chosen to reduce and translate such constructs into pure legal disputes without any moral consideration.
There's a famous line in this film: "Whoever comes to their senses first, loses." Mr. Facher is an old, smart, vicious and most importantly, an experienced lawyer. His first reaction to the poor families' testimony is "They can never testify", because he knows the narratives would move the jury so deeply that they would be determined to allocate the loss on the big companies.
We seldom consider these questions in law school. Althoughstudents may believe that they should achieve something greater than enrolling in a law school to solve other people’s legal problems for pay, they are often immersed in semester-long focus on regulatory standards of conductand heavy academic pressure. Students are also hoping to advance or even incarnate certain ideals of political and social justice, or todevote themselves to a career that will lead to systemic change, but the training mode of amoral legal technician would only cultivate legal professionals without personal-professional integration like productions from an assembly line.
About Damages
In assessing damages to plaintiff who suffers personal injury, the important principle is putting the injured plaintiff in the position he would have been in if he had not sustained the injury.
The features of the common law of damages for personal injury, particularly the calculation framework, is a reflection of the choices we, as a society, have made. The framework mainly includes two main categories: pecuniary loss (mainly includes future health care and loss of earning) and non-pecuniary lose. We have chosen to reduce and translate living plaintiffs into assets with a price tag. The result is we know the price of everyone and the value of no one.
律师既不是万恶的骗子,也非万能的救世主,从某种程度上说,他只是帮当事人解决问题的雇佣劳动力而已。他尽忠职守那是责任,也是义务,但是如果他无能为力,也不是罪过,没必要永远把律师与正义绑在一起。毕竟,如果每一个当事人的正义都要赔上一个律师的一生,这代价不仅太大,对律师也是不公平的。
律师靠的是专业,是理智,是对当事人负责的态度。而这种敬业精神,在某些情况下可能会和作为一个人所具有的良心是背道而驰的。往往这才是考验一个律师是否具有职业道德的关键时刻。没有必要把社会道德的沦丧放在对于一种职业的批判上,毕竟,无论原告还是被告,都有着法律所规定的权利,律师要做的并非去歪曲公理,而是最大限度的去为自己的当事人争取其依法享有的权利。
所以,有时我们不要过分的要求律师,因为那样,或许会给拥有正义心的他们带来灾难。就像主人公,他最后申请了破产保护,远居夏威夷。
帮助各位法学生应付期末考试或课堂作业,我总结一下这部电影,帮大家节约看电影的时间。可以复制下来打印出来看(开卷考试的话)。——来源Chatgpt
1.a civil action 讲了个怎样的故事
电影《A Civil Action》是一部1998年上映的美国法律剧情片,由史蒂文·扎里安执导,约翰·特拉沃尔塔、罗伯特·杜瓦尔和托尼·沃尔夫主演。
该片讲述了一位名叫詹尼·罗斯(约翰·特拉沃尔塔饰)的个体律师代表一群波士顿河边居民对化学公司W.R.格蕾斯的民事诉讼的故事。这些居民相信W.R.格蕾斯公司排放的化学物质导致了他们的家庭成员生病或死亡。詹尼·罗斯在为这些居民寻求赔偿的过程中,发现这起案件的背后涉及到更加深入的阴谋和腐败,他必须决定是否要放弃这场战斗或者继续努力为这些居民争取到公正的赔偿。
该电影以真实事件为背景,揭示了当时美国法律和政治环境中的弊端和问题,呼吁观众关注环境污染和公民权利的重要性。
2.上面提到的,深入了怎样的阴谋和腐败
在《A Civil Action》中,随着案件的深入,詹尼·罗斯发现W.R.格蕾斯公司的行为和波士顿地方政府和法院的协作有着深入的关联。
首先,W.R.格蕾斯公司被指控在其位于瓦布恩的工厂中,排放致癌物质三氯乙烯,导致附近的波士顿河边居民生病或死亡。然而,公司通过向政府机构和当地官员提供巨额资金,掩盖了这种污染并阻止了任何调查或制裁。
其次,当居民组成了一个集体诉讼,向公司索赔时,他们发现法院的审判过程也受到了污染。法院的裁决受到了当地政治和商业势力的干预,导致居民的诉讼案件无法得到公正的处理。
最后,当詹尼·罗斯继续努力追查案件的真相时,他发现这种腐败和阴谋可能还涉及到更高级别的联邦政府和监管机构,他必须决定是否要放弃这场战斗或者继续努力为这些居民争取到公正的赔偿。
3.结局
电影《A Civil Action》的结局十分现实和沉重。
虽然詹尼·罗斯和居民们最终成功证明了W.R.格蕾斯公司的污染行为,但是他们最终没有获得公正的赔偿。在审判过程中,居民们因为证据不足而失败了,而詹尼·罗斯也因为该案件的高成本而失去了事务所。电影最后显示,该工厂最终被关闭,但是居民们并没有获得他们应有的赔偿和正义。
这个结局反映了现实生活中很多同样的环境诉讼案件,即使胜诉,受害者也难以获得足够的赔偿或正义。这种现象促使公众反思环境污染和法律制度的缺陷,并促进对环保和公民权利的更大关注。
4.这个电影对于法学生有什么学习意义
电影《A Civil Action》对于法学生有很多学习意义,尤其是那些学习环境法或民事诉讼等相关领域的学生:
总之,电影《A Civil Action》为法学生提供了一个生动的案例,可以帮助他们理解法律实践中的伦理和
5.法律职业道德层面上,这个电影告诉了我们什么
以下是电影中呈现的一些法律职业道德方面的教训:
总之,电影《A Civil Action》强调了律师职业道德的重要性,尤其是在复杂的案件和艰难的情境中。律师应该始终坚守道德底线,保护客户利益,并促进公正和公正的司法程序。
看得我只能刷抖音维持精神状态,实在枯燥。
在其职某其位,法官公平,律师利益,老师传授知识。
终于看到有人对律师的另外一种评价,不要道德绑架,不要用正义呵斥律师,这只是一份工作。我不喜欢有个受害者讲的一句话,他认为自己受的伤害远比男主财产损失更严重,我只想说别人跟你毫无瓜葛,为你平白无故付出,居然说出这样的话,还发脾气,无语。
东西我也没有怎么看明白,评论说不是为了正义,如果是这样就好,千篇一律都是弘扬正义,一旦做了律师不正义,还得受大家指点,难道律师不吃饭,不养家糊口吗?帮你是情分,不帮是理所当然。
还有一个是关于大律师和小律师之间的生存之道,抱歉,我只知道有这么个事,怎么生存不好说。
本片获第71届奥斯卡最佳男配角和摄影提名。本片的实际内容似乎不是影片标题所想表示的,也不是影片简介所提到的那样。而是表明一种工作的态度。骄奢必败。谦逊、内敛,锋芒不露才能胜利。自信一旦过了头就会令人反感。一个律师,在法官,陪审团面前骄横什么?这样做失败的只能是自己。
开头像被强磁铁吸住,随后叙事就像带观众在竹篮里顺河水漂流,满屏金句。能看John演戏真是好。净资产14美元和收音机1台的“黄金单身汉”。当然!
人道主义代表。超现实主义。唯一有用的是never go to trial
#美领馆电影之夜#apology is more important than money?Justice?enh.
源于真实案例,企业环境污染致使居民区数名孩子死于血癌。年轻有为的律师开始是看到了背后巨大的利益,耗费无数经费精力却失去名利地位一无所有。但他却在这个过程中看清了法律的价值,人性情感的真义。八年抗战,终于胜利。
John为何有这种魔力?总觉得他每部片子完全都不用出力就能让人喜欢
衡量一个人的生活的标准是什么?从b站弹幕来看,看完这部电影,很多人也完全搞不明白
很人性、很感人~ 至于我想象中的激情辩论可惜没有出现~ 胖子演技还真不赖啊~
人生大抵如此,穷途末路,峰回路转,永远不能放弃!这个国度每天都演绎着资产阶级自由化带来的神奇!
NB的人都有股子执着劲儿,最后从业10几年,口袋里只剩14美元,众叛亲离,这TM是一种什么情怀啊,太大无畏了。法庭到底是伸张正义的地方还是调和的地方,这是个好问题。
开头二十分钟以为又是美国“样板”法庭戏,律师为小人物对抗大公司,确实是,但又不全是,也讲律所为取证到处借钱的狼狈辛酸,讲法庭辩论的技巧,也讲抗争的失败,个人的落魄,挺好。
7/10。英雄律师与委托人的主旋律题材,但导演没有把影片当成美国梦赞颂,尽力还原繁杂的询访证人和审前会议等过程,这在快节奏、娱乐性的好莱坞十分反常。另一方面叙事手段过于正统,倾向于法学教育片,观众最关心的是无人温暖心胸、没钱没房的主角怎么活下来,可这部分篇幅处理得很轻,缺少胜利氛围。
导演真不愧为辛德勒名单的编剧,本片果然又讲述了一个重度拜金背景氛围下的个人道德觉醒境界升华的故事。而有趣的是,好像剧中所有主要角色都不同程度地“鄙视了金钱”?男主人公和只求道歉不屑赔偿的原告女教师自不必说,就连被告方面的格瑞斯老板都禁止在俱乐部谈交易、杜瓦尔的老律师也总拎着个破旧手提包并坚持每天个人独处时段不该被业务打扰!……三星半。
法庭上找真相是不可能的,律师应该如何做,是该寻求调解或伸张正义。很多时候遇到的难题是无法用法律战胜,但是有坚持正确的信念,就是在前进【原著 a civil action法学院必读【美剧熟脸酱油时代
故事拍得比例不对。。所以显得冗长且头重脚轻
一看开头就想到大嘴罗伯茨的那个类似的电影 米国的律师真是无所不能啊。。
已经屡次在电影中看见它们的身影了,在美国的社会中扮演着举足轻重的角色
难得屈伏塔没演反派,应该很合他心意。
lf you should fall asleep at the counsel table, the first thing you say when you wake up should be Objection.
99年的片子…………屈哥哥我来迟了