Many
adults reflect back on their lives and wonder why they did not
learn basic business and personal law concepts in their core
high school classes. Every adult American is assumed to know the
law, but it is a complex subject that is very difficult to
research in-detail.
We can always hire attorneys, but that costs hundreds of dollars
for each and every hour they work for us. Taking a law class in high
school may be the most valuable course some high school offers.
Why?
Because the law demands that we comply whether we
understand it or not -- and this applies to all employment
issues, contracts and
agreements we make as well.
The South Western/Cengage companion website has many interactive and supplemental resources. Glencoe/McGraw-Hill has the strongest business law resources. Their book Business & Personal Law has a great companion website that offers a links to a glossary of legal terms, debate tips N tricks, and a Radio Glencoe podcast series.
I have also put together a list of free online law research sites. The best way to learn law is by doing projects on real cases, many coming from this list of 80 Supreme Court Decisions (downloadable, printable, .pdf)
- Laws & Their Ethical Foundations
- Constitutional Rights
- Court Systems
- Criminal Law & Procedures
- Civil Law & Procedures
- Unit 1 Review (downloadable, printable 3 pg .pdf) or MS Word file
- Contract Law
- Unit 2 Review
- Real (tangible) & Personal (tangible or intangible) Property
- Intellectual Property
- Unit 3 Review
- Employment Law
- Legal Forms of Business Organization
- Law Research Sites
- Supreme Court of the United States Studies Decisions (.pdf)
