This political studies course for grades seven through nine emphasizes the relationship between youth and law, illustrating the way law works in a democracy. Emphasis is upon students learning to appreciate the need for law and knowing their basic rights and responsibilities as American citizens. Rather than a memorizing exercise, it is an attempt at student involvement in relating law to their own experience. Arranged like other quinmester courses, it includes a broad goals section, a content outline, objectives, learning activities, and materials. Four units are: 1) Bases of Law; 2) You and the Police; 3) You and the Courts; and, 4) Liberty and Justice for All. Supplementary materials include several cases for mock trials. Other social studies quinmester courses are: SO 002 708 through SO 002 718, SO 002 768 through SO 002 792, and SO 002 949 through SO 002 970. (Author/SJM)