S: Civics
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Unit VIII: Legal Rights and Responsibilities (Chapter 15)
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Week of March 16th - March 19th, 2010
QUIZ DATE: Friday, March 19th
Homework Due: Friday, March 19th, 2010
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-Vocabulary and Terms. Identify the SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Jurisprudence
4. Statute
7. Roman Law
10.Plaintiff
13.Misdemeanor
16.Tort
19.Stare decisis
22.Ex Post Facto Law
25.Search Warrant
28.Double Jeopardy
31.6th Amendment
34.Furman vs. GA
2. Common Law
5. Code of Hammurabi
8. Code of Justinian
11. Defendant
14. Criminal Law
17. Public Law
20. Writ of Habeas Corpus
23. Due Process
26. Mapp vs. Ohio
29.Grand Jury
32.Gideon vs. Wainwright
3. Precedent
6. Ten Commandments
9. Napoleonic Code
12.Felony
15.Civil Lawsuit
18.International Law
21.Bill of Attainder
24. 4th Amendment
27. 5th Amendment
30. Miranda vs. Arizona
33.8th Amendment
Legal Rights and Responsibilities Discussion Questions To Be Turned In.
Answer the Question in complete detail on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What are the functions of law?
2. What early laws influenced modern legal systems?
3. How did English law influence the development of American law?
4. What actions do various kinds of law govern?
5. What are the differences between the four types of laws
6. What legal protections are guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution?
7. What are the rights of people accused of a crime?
8. What are the legal responsibilities of Americans?
Competency Goal 1:
The learner will investigate the foundations of the American political system and explore basic values and principles of American
democracy.
Objectives
1.07 Evaluate the extent to which the Bill of Rights extended the Constitution.
Competency Goal 2:
The learner will analyze how the government established by the U.S. Constitution embodies the purposes, values, and principles of
American Democracy.
Objectives
2.04 Describe how the U.S. Constitution may be changed and analyze the impact of specific changes.
2.06 Analyze court cases that demonstrate how the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights protect the rights of individuals.
Competency Goal 4:
The learner will explore active roles as a citizen at the local, state, and national levels of government.
Objective
4.05 Analyze consequences of compliance or noncompliance with laws governing society.
Competency Goal 5:
The learner will explain how the political and legal systems provide a means to balance competing interests and resolve conflicts.
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Objective
5.03 Describe the adversarial nature of the judicial process.
Competency Goal 6:
The learner will explain why laws are needed and how they are enacted, implemented, and enforced at the national, state, and local
levels.
Objectives
6.01 Trace the development of law in American society.
6.02 Cite examples of common, criminal, civil, constitutional, administrative, and statutory law.
Syllabus Due: Friday, March 19th, 2010
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