Ciekawostka: To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles

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Under the lens: Dental expert witnesses in Brazil, Croatia, Indonesia, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom.. The dentists' main job is to restore health and function to the oral cavity. However, dental professionals can also be involved in medico legal activities as forensic odontologists or by being Expert Witnesses (EW) to testify in professional liability cases, car accidents and work-related injuries. When called to act as an expert witness by the Court, the appointed dentist has to combine both biological and technical knowledge with equivalent medico-legal and forensic knowledge. Spontaneous involvement in medico-legal matters without an adequate training and experience can le…

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Confrontation After COVID. The opportunity to face one’s accuser is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause. It is a historical right that the Romans afforded to Jesus' disciples. And it is a right that may soon fall by the wayside in our new socially-distant reality and beyond. Our legal system has utilized videoconferencing technology long before Zoom became a verb in the American lexicon. In Maryland v. Craig, the United States Supreme Court established a two-step “necessity and reliability” test for allowing video testimony offered by child survivors of sexual abuse against their alleged abuser. As we move towards an increasingly virtual world during…

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Sexual attitudes and behaviors in ancient Rome are indicated by art, literature, and inscriptions, and to a lesser extent by archaeological remains such as erotic artifacts and architecture. It has sometimes been assumed that "unlimited sexual license" was characteristic of ancient Rome, but sexuality was not excluded as a concern of the mos maiorum, the traditional social norms that affected public, private, and military life. Pudor, "shame, modesty", was a regulating factor in behavior, as were legal strictures on certain sexual transgressions in both the Republican and Imperial periods. The censors—public officials who determined the social rank of individuals—had the power to remove cit…

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