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American Bar Association, Chicago, IL. Public Education Div. – 1987
For most people, law and the courts are veiled in mystery. Even though the law is made by legislators elected by the public and interpreted by judges chosen directly or indirectly by the public, and even though great strides have been made in making the law and its special language more understandable to people, the general public is still often…
Descriptors: Court Judges, Court Litigation, Criminal Law, Federal Courts
Download full textSweet, Robert W., Jr. – 1990
This article describes the law-related education (LRE) programs instituted by the United States Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). By linking legal and constitutional matters to everyday life, the programs aim to bring alive for elementary through high school students legal statutes that often…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civil Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
