Play by the Rules: Alabama Laws for Youth is the Center's newest program designed for 7th graders in the state of Alabama.
More than five years ago, the Center began work on a handbook of Alabama law for young people. Work moved forward slowly, because of the large number of people and agencies involved and because of the need for extreme accuracy in reporting factual law that sometimes changed unexpectedly.
Play by the Rules is a 76-page manual of Alabama law intended for use by middle school students. It is assumed they will be assisted by their teacher and outside resource persons -- attorneys, law officers, judges, and other knowledgeable community volunteers. Play by the Rules is a joint effort of the Alabama Center for Law & Civic Education, the Alabama Attorney General's Office, and the Alabama State Department of Education.
You can access individual chapters of the 2002 edition by downloading the below subsections.
In the Beginning (includes Cover, About Play by the Rules, About You, Title Page, Acknowledgements, Comments, Table of Contents, and Introduction)