APPLIED+LAW

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Grades 9-12 (1 Semester, .5 Credit)
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the basic principles of law that apply to everyday life. Students are introduced to different types of laws and how they are created and discuss the differences between criminal, civil, procedural, and substantive law. Students learn how to recognize and create legally enforceable contracts by the introduction of the six elements of a contract: offer and acceptance, genuine agreement, consideration, capacity, legality of contracts, and written contracts under the Statute of Frauds. Students discuss the preparation and usefulness of wills and the distribution of estates, types of leases, and employment law.

This course is open to any student and is recommended to all students planning on a business or legal career, or who plan to own and operate their own business.