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Street Law Syllabus

 

Unit One: Introduction to Law and the Legal System

 

Chapter 1: What is Law?

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Chapter 2: Lawmaking

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Chapter 3: Advocacy

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Chapter 4: Settling Disputes

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Chapter 5: The Court System

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Chapter 6: Lawyers Skip this chapter

 

Unit Two: Criminal Law and Juvenile Justice

 

Chapter 7: Crime in America Skip this chapter

 

Chapter 8: Introduction to Criminal Law

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Chapter 9: Crimes Against the Person

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Chapter 10: Crimes Against Property

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Chapter 11: Defenses

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Chapter 12: Criminal Justice Process: The Investigation

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Chapter 13: Criminal Justice Process: Proceedings Before Trial

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Chapter 14: Criminal Justice Process: The Trial

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Chapter 15: Criminal Justice Process: Sentencing and Corrections

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Chapter 16: Juvenile Justice

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Chapter 17: Law and Terrorism Skip this chapter

 

Unit Three: Torts

 

Chapter 18: Torts: A Civil Wrong

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Chapter 19: Intentional Torts We will refer to this chapter later in class

 

Chapter 20: Negligence We will refer to this chapter later in class

 

Chapter 21: Strict Liability Skip

 

Chapter 22: Torts and Public Policy Skip

 

Unit Four: Consumer and Housing Law

 

Chapter 23: Contracts

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Watch the video titled “Contracts”-Discussion to follow the viewing of this video.

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Chapter 24: Warranties

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Chapter 25: Credit and Other Financial Services

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Chapter 26: Deceptive Sales Practices

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Chapter 27: Becoming a Smart Consumer

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Chapter 28: Cars and the Consumer

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Chapter 29: Housing and the Consumer

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Unit Five: Family Law

 

Chapter 30: Law and the American Family

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Chapter 31: Marriage

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Chapter 32: Parents and Children

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Chapter 33: Foster Care and Adoption

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Chapter 34: Separation, Divorce, and Custody

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Chapter 35: Government Support for Families and Individuals

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Unit Six: Individual Rights and Liberties

 

Chapter 36: Introduction to Constitutional Law

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Chapter 37: Freedom of Speech

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Chapter 38: Freedom of the Press

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Chapter 39: Expression in Special Places

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Chapter 40: Freedom of Religion

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Chapter 41: Due Process

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Chapter 42: The Right to Privacy

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Chapter 43: Discrimination

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Watch the video titled “Sexual Harassment”—also refer to chapters 19 and 20 before discussion of the video.

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Chapter 44: Rights and Responsibilities in the Workplace

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