Instructional Video
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: American Legal History: Colonial Era to 1800

9th - 10th Standards
A presentation by Larry Kramer detailing the development of constitutional law, common law, rights and the judicial system of the new government in the just independent United States. Understand and identify the meanings of how the...
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: The Elements of Democracy Part 95: Judicial Independence

9th - 10th
Courts must be free from political manipulation and control in order that laws be applied equally to everyone.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 1243: Elements of Democracy Part 98: The Basis of Law

9th - 10th
From where does law derive its authority? We learn the answer on today's podcast.