To prepare students for entry level jobs or additional education in the business industry.
Benchmark 1
Basics of the Law - Sources of the Law
Indicator 1
The student will describe the powers and limitations of the federal government as stated in the Constitution.
Indicator 2
The student will identify the basic freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and describe several key Constitutional amendments beyond the Bill of Rights.
Indicator 3
The student will determine how courts make law and explain the role of precedent in the legal system.
Benchmark 2
Basics of the Law - Structure of the Courts
Indicator 1
The student will differentiate among the cases that belong within the jurisdiction of the federal and state, territory, and province Court systems.
Indicator 2
The student will compare the role of the juvenile Court with the role of other courts within a state, territory or province.
Indicator 3
The student will explain the role of the national and state, territory, and province appellate courts.
Indicator 4
The student will differentiate between the roles of the U.S. Supreme Court and state, territory, and province supreme courts.
Benchmark 3
Basics of the Law - Classification or Substantive Law
Indicator 1
The student will distinguish between a tort and a crime.
Indicator 2
The student will differentiate between and give examples of negligence and intentional torts.
Indicator 3
The student will explain the concepts of the reasonable person test and proximate cause.
Indicator 4
The student will explain absolute liability and describe circumstances under which it is imposed.
Benchmark 4
Contract Law, Law of Sales, and Consumer Law - Contract Law
Indicator 1
The student will differentiate among classes of contracts, such a bilateral and unilateral; express and implied; and oral and written.
Indicator 2
The student will explain how offer and acceptance can create contractual rights and duties.
Indicator 3
The student will determine whether or not an agreement is definite enough to be enforced as a contract.
Indicator 4
The student will differentiate among the ways that assent can be disrupted, such as fraud, nondisclosure, misrepresentation, mistake, duress, and undue influence.
Indicator 5
The student will explain a minor's right to avoid a contract and identify people who lack contractual capacity.
Indicator 6
The student will describe the concept of unconscionability and compare it to illegality.
Indicator 7
The student will describe the various rules applied to the interpretation of contracts.
Indicator 8
The student will explain the various rules applied to contracts involving third parties.
Indicator 9
The student will list the ways a contract can be discharged.
Indicator 10
The student will describe breach of contract and the remedies available when a contract is breached.
Benchmark 5
Contract Law, Law of Sales, and Consumer Law - Consumer Law
Indicator 1
The student will identify legislation which regulates consumer credit, such as Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Credit Billing Act, Equal Credit Opportunity, Fair Credit Collection Practices Act, and Consumer Credit Protection Act.
Indicator 2
The student will discuss consumer protection legislation, such as the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Consumer Product Safety Act, and the Consumer Leasing Act.
Benchmark 6
Bankruptcy
Indicator 1
The student will describe and discuss the various aspects of bankruptcy, such as Chapter 7 - Liquidation, Chapter 11 - Reorganization, and Chapter 13 - Reorganization of Debts.
Indicator 2
The student will compare the differences between voluntary bankruptcy and involuntary bankruptcy cases.
Benchmark 7
Computer Technology
Indicator 1
The student will prepare a computerized spreadsheet to analyze and present data.
Indicator 2
The student will prepare graphic presentations of data by computer.
Indicator 3
The student will incorporate graphic presentation of data in a printed document.
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