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Term 1 Week 2-4






 Week 5-6





Weeks 7-8







Week 9
Students learn about:


1.0 Contact with the law
        1.1 the nature of legal capacity
        1.2 contact with the criminal law
        1.3 Elements needed to be proven for a person to be convicted of a crime
        1.4 punishment for a crime
        1.5 contact with the civil law; contracts, negligence

2.0 Rights and Responsibilities
        2.1 individual rights and responsibilities in different situations;
                - commercial, family, work
                - offender, victim, witness, defendant/plaintiff
        2.2 Protection provided by the law


3.0 Resolving Disputes
        3.1 Methods of resolving disputes
               - police
               - courts
               - community conferencing 
               - mediation and conciliation
               - tribunals

4.0 Current Issues
        4.1 Current issues relating to the law in action