Unit: Justice

Instructional Notes

The study of law is an exploration of Justice. To assist students in their ability to understand Justice, different definitions of Justice can be evaluated and applied to a variety of situations. Students can further increase their mental agility by using different defintions of Justice to explain how a situation or outcome can be both "Justice Served" and "Justice Not Served" depending on which definition of Justice is applied. Students can also use an appropriate definition of Justice as the foundation for building a Supreme Court argument.

Instructional Objectives

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• Students will be able to apply different definitions of Justice to Supreme Court Cases to explain their legal rationale.
• Students will be able to construct a written legal argument to present orally in front of a "Mock Supreme Court."
• Students will be able to debate the merits of different legal arguments acting as Supreme Court Justices in a "Mock Supreme Court."
• Students will analyze “Justice” by creating different definitions of Justice and applying those definitions to a variety of scenarios.