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Direct linkMiddleton, Tiffany Willey – Social Education, 2010
Maritime piracy has increasingly been in the news, and in the courtroom, in recent years. This article presents an interview with international legal and overseas piracy expert Douglas Guilfoyle. In this interview, Guilfoyle discusses why piracy is a growing problem and some of the challenges it creates for the international community. He also…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Terrorism, Crime, Interviews
Fresno City Unified School District, CA. – 1984
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: The Fresno County Office of Education and the Fresno Unified School District hosted the Mock Trial Competition. The state competition is sponsored by the Constitutional Rights Foundation, with cosponsorship from the California State Bar Association and the California Young Lawyer's Association. This…
Descriptors: Competition, Court Litigation, Criminal Law, Demonstration Programs
Download full textLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC. Congressional Research Service. – 1983
Designed to facilitate research on and the preparation and presentation of arguments for the national debate topic, this manual summarizes the present state of the judiciary and court reform issues. The volume begins with a collection of articles, statements, and reports that present a general background on the justice system and court reform.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Court Role, Courts, Criminal Law
Hanna, Jack C. – 1980
Designed to acquaint high school students with those areas of the law that they are most likely to come in contact with, this series of 15 lessons can be used in government, citizenship, law, family living, and economics classes. Although originally developed to be used with a television series, the document can be adapted to other uses. Following…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Criminal Law
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Washington, DC. – 2000
The O. J. Simpson trials taught much of the United States a basic lesson in the difference between criminal law and civil law. Many students learn in their government classes that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime. A person found innocent in a criminal trial, however, can be sued under civil law procedures for damages. It is…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civil Law, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Vocational Education. – 1984
Designed as a practical approach to the study of law, this publication offers seven lesson plans focusing on legal topics that have potential significance to high school students preparing to enter the world of work. Lesson plans address the following topics: minors and the law, automobile insurance, employment law, sports and the law, computer…
Descriptors: Athletics, Constitutional Law, Consumer Education, Court Litigation
Alabama Administrative Office of Courts, Montgomery. – 1981
Student activity pages, teacher background information, and lesson ideas for teaching about law in social studies classrooms are presented. Lessons in this unit further develop ideas presented in the eighth grade packet and can be used to supplement a course in government. Section I provides suggestions for using community resource persons.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Courts
