Talk:Prejudice (legal procedure)

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Can someone please explain the meaning of this provision in Article 12 of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances:

(i) The provisions of this paragraph are without prejudice to the provisions of any international agreements which limit the control which may be exercised by any of the Parties over such substances in transit. : ]

Thanks, Nathan256 29 June 2005 01:40 (UTC)

Yes. Basically it means (as far as I can tell) that the convention is made and the parties to it will be bound by it, except for any parts of it which they are precluded from signing up to because of pre-existing agreements. I know nothing of the Convention of Psychotropic substances so can't put it into that context, but let's say, for instance, the UK signs an agreement with Germany that it will buy all of the country's potato needs from Germany, and makes the agreement without prejudice to the provisions of any international agreements. The UK is already bound by an international agreement that states that all trade within member nations of the EU must be free (i.e. the UK is free to trade with France, Germany, Belgium, the Czech Rep, etc., etc.) and so the agreement would be to no effect. At least I think that's what it means! This comment was left by §©ʁİƃƀȴıŋ’ Ƨł₥ȫȠ talk|contribs 15:24, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Prejudicial evidence?

This article does a good (albeit unconfirmed) job of explaining prejudice in regard to the dismissal of a case, but has no mention of prejudice in regard to the presentation of evidence or testimony. Although it's a completely different concept, it deserves a part of this article, since there's no good parenthetical besides "law." Twin Bird 15:20, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

== this page should either be deleted or cited Eisenhower 22:09, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Common Law section

For some unexplained reason, this important meaning was deleted. I have restored it JohnClarknew (talk) 22:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for restoring. I also believe it is an important meaning that needed to be brought back.--DavidD4scnrt (talk) 05:28, 24 April 2008 (UTC)