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  • American History
    • American History Honors >
      • Map Test
    • Unit 0: 1763 - 1800 - Revolutionary America
    • Unit 1: 1800 - 1848 - Expansion & Reform
    • Unit 2: 1848 - 1877 - A Nation Divided
    • Unit 3: 1865 - 1898 - The Gilded Age
    • Unit 4: 1890 - 1920 - American World Debut
    • Unit 5: 1920 - 1945 - Trials and Tribulations
    • Unit 6: 1945 - 1963 - Cold War Tensions
    • Unit 7: 1955 - 1980 - Conflicts & Resolutions
    • Unit 8: 1980 - present - Modern America
  • World History
    • World History Honors
    • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
    • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
    • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
    • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Sea of Exploration
    • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
    • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
    • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
    • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
    • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
    • AP World History >
      • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
      • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
      • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
      • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Transoceanic Interconnections
      • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
      • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
      • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
      • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
      • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
    • AP European History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Civic Literacy
    • Unit 1 - Developing State and Local Government
    • Unit 2 - The Law
    • Unit 3 - Political Culture & Ideology
    • Unit 4 - National Government

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The Law

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"Better that ten  guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer"
--William Blackstone
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  • ​Law of the jungle
  • Code of Hammurabi
  • Roman Law
  • English Common Law
  • Social contract
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​​THE SOURCE OF OUR LAWS

​The laws in our nation are based on ideas, traditions and laws passed down through generations.  A look at the past reveals the influences and sources of our current laws today.
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  • ​Natural rights
  • Due process
  • Writ of habeas corpus
  • Property Rights
  • ​Privacy Rights
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​​LIFE, LIBERTY AND PROPERTY

Those that govern have tremendous power to potential take life, liberty and property.  However, institutions and legal processes are put in place to protect individual rights and restrain the government from abusing that power.
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  • ​​Criminal law
  • Crimes against property
  • Civil law
  • Tort
  • ​Mediation/arbitration
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​​TYPES OF LAW

Laws help provide for our general safety and ensure our rights against abuses by other people, by organizations, and by the government itself.  In the United States, there are two major types of laws that can affect you directly.
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  • Summons
  • Settlement
  • Miranda rights
  • Indictment / Arraignment
  • Sentencing
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​​CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW IN THE COURTS

In the justice system, most cases are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: The civil cases dealing with disputes between parties, and the criminal cases where someone is accused of breaking the law. These are their stories....
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  • Statutory interpretation
  • Judicial activism
  • Challenging interpretations
  • Digital Divide
  • Privacy / Censorship
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​​CHALLENGES TO INTERPRETING THE LAW

​While many laws are fairly absolute in their black and white interpretation, there are many laws in place that provided challenges to interpreting the law and how to enforce it.
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  • Human rights
  • World Court
  • Genocide
  • United Nations
  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS & HUMAN RIGHTS

Among the people of the world, the exists certain rights the go beyond borders, that are inherent in all humans.  Rights the Enlightenment thinks might have called universal laws.  Today we call them human rights and they are the cornerstone of international laws.
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  • Adversarial system
  • Burden of proof
  • Beyond reasonable doubt
  • Pros and cons 
  • Inquisitorial system
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ADVERSARIAL SYSTEM OF JUSTICE

The court room can feel like a battlefield with “shots” fired back and forth from adversaries who lay out strategy and tactics to win.  However, where real war uses live ammunition to win battles, advocates use evidence in a competing battle of arguments and evidence to win cases.
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  • American History
    • American History Honors >
      • Map Test
    • Unit 0: 1763 - 1800 - Revolutionary America
    • Unit 1: 1800 - 1848 - Expansion & Reform
    • Unit 2: 1848 - 1877 - A Nation Divided
    • Unit 3: 1865 - 1898 - The Gilded Age
    • Unit 4: 1890 - 1920 - American World Debut
    • Unit 5: 1920 - 1945 - Trials and Tribulations
    • Unit 6: 1945 - 1963 - Cold War Tensions
    • Unit 7: 1955 - 1980 - Conflicts & Resolutions
    • Unit 8: 1980 - present - Modern America
  • World History
    • World History Honors
    • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
    • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
    • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
    • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Sea of Exploration
    • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
    • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
    • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
    • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
    • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
    • AP World History >
      • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
      • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
      • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
      • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Transoceanic Interconnections
      • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
      • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
      • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
      • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
      • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
    • AP European History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Civic Literacy
    • Unit 1 - Developing State and Local Government
    • Unit 2 - The Law
    • Unit 3 - Political Culture & Ideology
    • Unit 4 - National Government