Law+Standards

//The student: 1. (A) evaluates the purposes and function of law. 2.▲(A) analyzes how the// rule of law //can be used to protect the// rights //of individuals and to promote the// common good//(e.g.,// eminent domain//, martial law during disasters, health and safety issues). 1. (K) defines civic life, politics, and// governments//. 2. (K) recognizes contracts may be verbal or legal agreements and are binding. 3. (A) defines and illustrates examples of torts (e.g., wrongful death, medical malpractice, defamation, personal injury, dignitary harms against a person, such as bodily injury or civil rights violations). 4. (A) defines and illustrates examples of misdemeanors and felonies (e.g. misdemeanors: traffic violation, small theft, trespassing; felonies: murder, sexual assault, large theft).//