If any one, upon his rare powers of speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance. -Abraham Lincoln

- Course Description - Units of Study - Evaluation

Unit 1: Foundations of Law Unit 2: Criminal Law Unit 3: Civil Law and the Law of Torts

Unit 4: Human Rights Unit 5: Youth & the Law

Assignments & Notebook 20% Tests and Quizzes 30% Projects 40% Class Mark 10% Exam is worth 30% of your final mark

 Legal Issues are Everywhere - as much as that sounds like a cliché, it’s true  Take a look at todays paper  Think about recent movies

 Although not everything deals with “The Law” by definition, most things deal with legal issues. This does not have to include courts and fines. It can include disputes, crimes, or moral issues.  “The Law” has its origins in real life issues like these.  Basically, laws are cause and effect  Something happened and the effect was to come up with a law or set of laws to create order.

 Law is a fundamental aspect of civilization.  In this course we will have to communicate thoughts and feelings about legal issues.  Ask yourself truthfully what your feelings are about LAW?  Do you have primarily positive feelings or are they mostly negative.  Your answer may depend on previous situations from your past.

 You are going to increase your ability to evaluate all of the legal information that surrounds you.  Law has a unique set of terminology you will have to learn  Through our study of case law, you will learn the skills and strategies necessary to make informed evaluations of legal issues.

 “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”  “The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.”  “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

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