This law studies curriculum guide describes a course designed to provide secondary students with the opportunity to acquire an understanding of the U.S. legal process. The law studies course is intended to develop corresponding concepts and skills in conjunction with the content presented. The content areas of the curriculum include: (1) introductory information (e.g., reasons for laws, who makes laws, the adversary system); (2) criminal and juvenile justice; (3) consumer law; (4) family law; (5) housing law; and (6) individual rights and liberties. Performance objectives are listed for items in the course outline. (DB)