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Law 120

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. Law 120. - Course Description - Units of Study - Evaluation. Units…. Unit 1: Foundations of Law Unit 2: Criminal Law

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Law 120

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  1. 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

  2. Law 120 - Course Description - Units of Study - Evaluation

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

  4. Units… Unit 4: Human Rights Unit 5: Youth & the Law

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

  6. Question: What will I be doing in this class?

  7. Answer: I Don’t Know But it will be a lot

  8. Academic Integrity I will do my part to be prepared to talk to you each day about the legal system in our country. It only seems fair that you would do the same

  9. Aim of Social Studies The vision for the Atlantic Canada social studies curriculum is to enable and encourage students to examine issues, respond critically and creatively, and make informed decisions as individuals and as citizens of Canada and of an increasingly interdependent world.

  10. Aim of Social Studies Significant Challenging Meaningful Issues-Based Active

  11. So you want to study Law?

  12. Why??? • 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

  13. Trouble with Law

  14. Law is everywhere • 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.

  15. Law as a part of civilization • 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.

  16. What you will learn • 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.

  17. Think of law as an adventure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderer_above_the_Sea_of_Fog

  18. My Apologies • I’m sorry in advance because in order to be successful in this class you must think. • In fact, you will have to do more than think. You will have to reason. • In order to reason, you will have to learn strategiesfor reasoning.

  19. The master of Reasoning • “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.” Socrates

  20. “Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderer_above_the_Sea_of_Fog

  21. Kindle “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” Light or set on fire Arouse or inspire Socrates

  22. TEACH? “I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think” Socrates

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