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Understanding the Importance of Law

Explore the definition of law, reasons for having laws, and the distinctions between civil and criminal law through real-life scenarios. Engage in discussions and activities to grasp the significance of laws in society.

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Understanding the Importance of Law

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  1. Identify the Law

  2. So what is LAW? In pairs discuss and come up with a definition The Law A Law The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

  3. So why bother with laws? Copy and complete the table into your book. Why do we need these laws? The first one has been done for you.

  4. The answers…

  5. Dave’s been up to a bit of mischief over the holidays. He’s broken not 1 but 2 different types of laws. Worse still, he got caught……. Meet dave Dave loves games, and was really happy to get a new PS3 for his birthday.

  6. Bad decision Dave  The trouble started when he went to EB Games to get the cool games he had seen on Good Game Spawn Point. He wanted 2 games but only had $80, so he took one of them without paying for it. Cameras are everywhere these days, so ….

  7. He got caught, and his parents went ballistic and grounded him.

  8. It doesn‘t end there….The shop manager is going to press criminal charges against Dave. His mum is really upset because she has booked a holiday to Florida for next summer and now she might have to cancel it because you can’t get into the USA with a criminal record. No one in Dave’s family is talking to him. Dave is feeling pretty sorry for himself when he hears someone throwing pebbles at his bedroom window. His girlfriend Sarah is standing in the garden asking him to come out. Dave jumps out and they both run over the next door neighbour’s garden to avoid being seen by Dave’s parents.

  9. Not so lucky Dave! His neighbour, Jim, has seen them and is on the phone to the police. It’s the 3rd time this week that his garden has been run through by kids and he wants justice. He is determined to stick to the promise on his sign "trespassers will be prosecuted“. Jim phones his lawyer, he is going to bring a civil prosecution against Dave for trespassing.

  10. Civil A dispute between two people. Civil cases are when someone feels damage has been done to them Criminal When someone breaks a law. Crimes against society as a whole, e.g. theft, murder So what’s the difference between Civil and Criminal Law?

  11. And finally Draw a comic strip of an event that involves the breaking of a civil OR a criminal law We’ll find out next lesson what happens in court

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