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 LawUnit 2: Criminal LawUnit 3: Civil Law and the Law of Torts
UNITS…Unit 4: Human RightsUnit 5: Youth & the Law
EVALUATION
Assignments & Notebook 20%Tests and Quizzes 30%Projects 40%Class Mark 10%Exam is worth 30% of your final mark
QUESTION:
WHAT WILL I BE DOING IN THIS CLASS?
ANSWER:
I DON’T KNOWBUT IT WILL BE A LOT
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
AIM OF SOCIAL STUDIES
The vision for the Atlantic Canada social studies curriculum is to enable and encouragestudents to examine issues, respond critically and creatively, and make informed decisions as individuals and as citizens of Canada and of an increasingly interdependent world.
AIM OF SOCIAL STUDIES
Meaningful
Active
Challenging
Significant
Issues-Based
SO YOU WANT TO STUDY LAW?
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
TROUBLE WITH LAW
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.
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.
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.
THINK OF LAW AS AN ADVENTURE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W
anderer_above_the_Sea_of_Fog
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 strategies for reasoning.
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
“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W
anderer_above_the_Sea_of_Fog
KINDLE
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
Light or set on fire
Arouse or inspire
Socrates
TEACH?
“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”
Socrates