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Most often, Street Law is taught as a one-semester social studies elective. In some schools a full-year elective exists. Some schools use Street Law: A Course In Practical Law as a part of, or in place of, a government course. The text may also be used by teachers of practical business law courses. Street LawTM: A Course in Practical Law's interactive methods focus on legal issues relevant to your students' lives that help them develop the knowledge and skills essential to living in our law-related society. Features: Invite your students to consider issues related to ownership of ideas with intellectual property coverage. Illustrate issues in the context of real-life and hypothetical situations with Case Studies. You Be the Judge involves students in considering and deciding the outcome of a legal situation. Offer an opportunity to study human rights issues in the United States with Human Rights U.S.A. Highlight variations in local law and procedures with Where You Live. Help students learn how to advocate for change in the community and how to solve problems without going to court with Youth Act. - Publisher.