High School Business Law

 Topics:
-The Law, Ethics, and Social Responsibility
-Sources of the Law
-Structure of the Courts
-Criminal Law
-Civil & Tort Law

Objectives:
1. Define law					
2. Define ethics				
3. Examine a person’s responsibility to obey the law		
4. Identify ethical character traits and values (e.g., honesty, integrity, compassion, and justice)		
5. Explain the relationship between law and ethics 
6. Distinguish unethical from illegal conduct 

 7. List the four main sources of the law 
8. Analyze and solve difficult ethical and legal problems 
9. Define constitution 
10. Explain the purpose of a constitution
11. Describe the branches of the federal government as presented in the U.S. Constitution 
12. Explain the function of the court					
13. Describe the basic structure of the national and state, territorial, and provincial court systems. 

 14. Distinguish between the roles of legal professionals (e.g., judges, lawyers, and paralegals)  	
15. Differentiate among cases that belong in the federal system and those that belong in the state systems in the United States 
16. Explain the role of the appellate court in the federal and state systems in the United States 
17. Explain the role of the trial court in the federal system and state systems in the United States.
18. Explain the role of the U.S. state supreme courts 

 19. Define criminal law
20. Differentiate among categories of crime (e.g., treason, felony, and misdemeanor) 
21.Describe different types of business crime (e.g., fraud, arson, forgery, and embezzlement)
22. Define civil law
23. Distinguish between civil and criminal law 

Activities:
1. Unit Notes
2. The Difference Between Ethics & the Law Activity
3. Branches of the Federal Government Video
4. Roles of Legal Professions Activity
5. Structure of the Court Video