Objectives:
- Understand the importance of legal citations in legal research and analysis.
- Identify the different types of legal citations: case, statutory, and regulatory.
- Learn how to read and interpret legal citations.
Age Level: Late secondary school
National Standards:
Complies with NBEA Business Law 2023 Standard I.1.G Analyze the relationship between ethics and the law and describe the law’s sources, the structure of the court system, different classifications of procedural law, and different classifications of substantive law:
- I.1.G.8 Explain the concepts of the reasonable person test and proximate cause.
Materials:
- Whiteboard and markers
- Handouts with hypothetical scenarios
- Internet access for research
- Understand the importance of legal citations in legal research and analysis.
- Identify the different types of legal citations: case, statutory, and regulatory.
- Learn how to read and interpret legal citations.
Age Level: Late secondary school
National Standards:
Complies with NBEA Business Law 2023 Standard I.1.G Analyze the relationship between ethics and the law and describe the law’s sources, the structure of the court system, different classifications of procedural law, and different classifications of substantive law:
- I.1.G.8 Explain the concepts of the reasonable person test and proximate cause.
Materials:
- Whiteboard and markers
- Handouts with hypothetical scenarios
- Internet access for research
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