1. WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE EXPECT THE LAW TO PROVIDE FOR US?

2. LAWS GENERALLY REFLECT AND PROMOTE A SOCIETY’S VALUES PROTECT BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTE FAIRNESS HELP RESOLVE CONFLICTS PROMOTE ORDER AND STABILITY PROMOTE DESIRABLE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE MINORITIES

3. BASIS FOR LAW LAWS CAN BE BASED ON THREE THINGS: - MORAL (DID GOD SAY IT WAS OK?) - ECONOMIC (BIG PEOPLE WORD FOR MONEY) - SOCIAL VALUES (WHAT EVERYONE ELSE THINKS)

4. MORAL ISSUES MORALS – FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF RIGHT AND WRONG EXAMPLE: LAWS AGAINST KILLING, RAPE, LEWD CONDUCT

5. ECONOMIC ISSUES ECONOMIC – DEAL WITH THE ACCUMULATION, PRESERVATION, USE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH EXAMPLE; TAX BENEFITS TO PEOPLE WHO BORROW MONEY FOR A HOME. LAWS TO PROTECT PRIVATE PROPERTY. ANTITRUST LAWS

6. SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL – CONCERN ISSUES IMPORTANT TO SOCIETY EXAMPLE: FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION

7. VALUES EXERCISE FOR EACH LAW, DETERMINE IF MORAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, OR SOCIAL VALUES ARE INVOLVED. ALL DRIVERS MUST STOP AT STOP SIGNS IT IS A CRIME TO CHEAT ON YOUR TAX RETURN ALL CITIZENS MAY VOTE AT AGE EIGHTEEN IT IS LEGALLY ACCEPTABLE TO KILL AN ARMED INTRUDER IN YOUR HOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MAY NOT ACCEPT GIFTS FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT THEM TO PASS CERTAIN LAWS POSSESSION OF 10 KILOS OF COCAINE WILL GET YOU IN JAIL. IF YOU CHEAT ON YOUR SPOUSE YOU WILL PROBABLY LOSE IN DIVORCE COURT

8. OTHER AREAS…. WE ALSO GET OUR LAWS FROM A NUMBER OF OTHER AREAS: BALLOT QUESTIONS US GOVERNMENT (CONGRESS VOTES, PRESIDENT SIGNS) EXECUTIVE ORDERS CASE LAW (FROM DECISIONS IN VARIOUS COURTS) COMMON LAW (LAWS AND RULES WE KEPT FROM OUR TIMES AS COLONIES)

9. BALLOT QUESTIONS

11. CLIP: HOW WE GET EXECUTIVE ORDERS

12. SUPREME COURT VOTES TO LEGALIZE SAME SEX MARRIAGE, MAKING IT LAW IN ALL STATES

13. ENGLISH COMMON LAW

14. CLOSING THOUGHT/ DISCUSSION QUESTION… IN MORE RECENT LEGAL NEWS, SAME SEX MARRIAGE WAS LEGALIZED BY OUR SUPREME COURT. MAJOR OPPONENTS TO THE RULING CAME CLAIMED THAT THEY ARE NOT AGAIN SAME SEX MARRIAGE, BUT ARE AGAINST THE SUPREME COURT AS THE ONES TO MAKE THE CALL ON A LEGAL BASIS? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? SHOULD IT BE UP TO THE SUPREME COURT TO MAKE THIS TYPE OF RULING AND LAW?