{"id":2884,"date":"2023-02-19T16:10:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T16:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/chapter\/apply-it-5-1-understanding-law\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T22:16:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T22:16:56","slug":"apply-it-5-1-understanding-law","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontobusiness\/chapter\/apply-it-5-1-understanding-law\/","title":{"raw":"Apply It 5.1: Understanding Law","rendered":"Apply It 5.1: Understanding Law"},"content":{"raw":"<section class=\"textbox learningGoals\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Understand the purpose of law<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Understand where laws come from&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:15233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Understand where laws come from<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/section><section class=\"textbox connectIt\">\r\n<h2>You Decide![footnote]Adapted from American Bar Association. \u201cNo Vehicles in the Park,\u201d September 9, 2019. https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/public_education\/resources\/lesson-plans\/elementary\/law---society\/no-vehicles-in-the-park\/[\/footnote]<\/h2>\r\nImagine that the city where you live has just spent millions of dollars to establish the best park residents have ever experienced. The park is beautiful and has been designed to allow visitors to play a variety of sports, exercise, and relax. There is also a paved road that cuts across the park for bicycling, running, and walking. The city council wanted to make sure that everyone who used the park could do so undisturbed by noise, traffic, and pollution so posted at every entrance to the park is a sign:\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NO VEHICLES IN THE PARK<\/p>\r\nThe law is short and clear. Parents want to take their kids to play in the park. One child would ride in a stroller and the other would ride in an electric powered toy jeep. Would they be allowed in the park?\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"100779\"]Click to Show Sample Answer[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"100779\"]Answers will vary. You should consider what the law says and what the intent of the law is. In general, you know that there are four main purposes of law: maintaining order, establishing standards, resolving disputes, and protecting individual rights and liberties. In addition you know that the city council intended that everyone who used the park would be that everyone who used the park could do so undisturbed by noise, traffic, and pollution. You could say that the stroller and toy jeep would not be the type of traffic that the city council intended to ban. The family would be park users that the city council sought to protect with their signs.[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/section><section class=\"textbox linkToLearning\">\r\n<h2>Bill Tracker<\/h2>\r\nThe website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/bills\/\">GovTrack.us<\/a>\u00a0tracks every bill introduced in the U.S. Congress. Below is an example of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/bills\/117\/s475\">a bill that was signed into law to establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday<\/a>.\r\n<script id=\"govtrack:widget:bill:117:s475:script\" src=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/bills\/117\/s475\/widget.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\r\nGo to the website and find a bill about an issue that is important to you.\r\n\r\n<\/section>","rendered":"<section class=\"textbox learningGoals\">\n<ul>\n<li>Understand the purpose of law<\/li>\n<li><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Understand where laws come from&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:15233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Understand where laws come from<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"textbox connectIt\">\n<h2>You Decide!<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Adapted from American Bar Association. \u201cNo Vehicles in the Park,\u201d September 9, 2019. https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/public_education\/resources\/lesson-plans\/elementary\/law---society\/no-vehicles-in-the-park\/\" id=\"return-footnote-2884-1\" href=\"#footnote-2884-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Imagine that the city where you live has just spent millions of dollars to establish the best park residents have ever experienced. The park is beautiful and has been designed to allow visitors to play a variety of sports, exercise, and relax. There is also a paved road that cuts across the park for bicycling, running, and walking. The city council wanted to make sure that everyone who used the park could do so undisturbed by noise, traffic, and pollution so posted at every entrance to the park is a sign:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NO VEHICLES IN THE PARK<\/p>\n<p>The law is short and clear. Parents want to take their kids to play in the park. One child would ride in a stroller and the other would ride in an electric powered toy jeep. Would they be allowed in the park?<\/p>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><button class=\"show-answer show-answer-button collapsed\" data-target=\"q100779\">Click to Show Sample Answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"q100779\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">Answers will vary. You should consider what the law says and what the intent of the law is. In general, you know that there are four main purposes of law: maintaining order, establishing standards, resolving disputes, and protecting individual rights and liberties. In addition you know that the city council intended that everyone who used the park would be that everyone who used the park could do so undisturbed by noise, traffic, and pollution. You could say that the stroller and toy jeep would not be the type of traffic that the city council intended to ban. The family would be park users that the city council sought to protect with their signs.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"textbox linkToLearning\">\n<h2>Bill Tracker<\/h2>\n<p>The website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/bills\/\">GovTrack.us<\/a>\u00a0tracks every bill introduced in the U.S. Congress. 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