The purpose of this course is to provide students the opportunity to acquire an understanding of the American legal process. Appropriate concepts and skills will be developed in connection with the content that follows: an understanding of the study of historical antecedents for law, constitutional guarantees of citizens, different kinds of laws, comparison of adult and juvenile justice systems, the value of law in society, the role of law enforcement officials and the importance of the adversarial relations.
Terms Typically Offered:Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits:.50
Textbook information will be available online for each term's courses 45 days prior to the first day of classes
for the term.
The courses in this catalog are identified by prefixes and numbers that were assigned by Florida's Statewide
Course Numbering System, a system used by all public postsecondary institutions in Florida and 32 non-public
institutions. Seminole State controls the description, credit and content of its own courses.
