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Update on Law-Related Education, 1989
Involves upper elementary students in a problem-solving activity that raises questions about who should have the right to a lawyer in a criminal case. Students discuss the importance of the right to due process in a criminal proceeding as well as in other situations. Defines due process and includes a handout on protections in the Bill of Rights.…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Criminal Law